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LAWS
OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE
PASSED AT A
Special Session of the
Ninety- fourth General Assembly
COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER
On Monday, September 28th, A. D. 1914
AND
IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES
THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY- NINTH
VOLUME XXVIII- PART I
CHAS. L. STORY, PRINTER
WILMINGTON, DEL.
1915

LAWS
OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE
PASSED AT A
Special Session of the
Ninety-fourth General Assembly
COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER
On Monday, September 28th, A. D. 1914
AND
IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES
THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINTH
VOLUME XXVIII-PART I
CHAS. L. STORY, PRINTER
WILMINGTON, DEL.
1915
t
S
LAWS OF DELAWARE
RESOLUTIONS
CHAPTER 1.
Senate Substitute for Senate Joint Resolution No. 1.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
That Horace E. Blizzard and Walter M. Hearn be, and Bill Clerks
the same are hereby appointed bill clerks for this special appointed
session of the General Assembly.
Approved October 12, A. D. 1914.
4 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
Compensa-tion
of the
Revised Code
Commission
RESOLUTIONS.
CHAPTER 2.
Senate Concurrent Resolution providing for the payment of Twenty-five
Thousand Dollars to Herbert H. Ward, Esquire, and Thomas
Bayard Helsel, Esquire, as Members of the Revised Code Com-mission.
Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Delg,ware in
General Assembly met, the House of Representatives con-curring
therein:
Section 1. That for the purpose of compensating the
members of the Revised Code Commission for their work,
the State Treasurer be authorized to pay to Herbert H.
Ward, Esquire, and Thomas Bayard Heisel, Esquire, the
sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars on orders drawn by
the Revised Code Commissioners, and said sum of Twenty-five
Thousand Dollars is hereby appropriated for such pay-ments,
out of any money in the State Treasury not other-wise
appropriated.
Approved October 19, A. D. 1914.
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 5
RESOLUTIONS.
CHAPTER 3.
House Concurrent Resolution.
WHEREAS, There is no existing law that permits necessary
repairs to be made to the State House ;
AND WHEREAS, There exists at the present time the neces-sity
for certain repairs to heating plant, other repairs and
painting, etc.;
AND WHEREAS, At any time such a condition may exist;
therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives (the Sen-ate
concurring therein):
That the Governor of the State, the Secretary of State Repairs,
and the State Treasurer be and they are hereby authorized coamemisAuosne
and directed to act as a Commission to attend to any repairs
that may be necessary, such as heating plant, repairing,
painting, etc.;
And be it further resolved, That the State Treasurer is Au) rwrr irae-.
hereby authorized and directed to pay out of any moneys pairs
not otherwise appropriated from time to time such amounts
as may be necessary to carry this resolution into effect when To be
approved by the Commission mentioned above. proved by
Commission
Approved October 19, A. D. 1914.
PROCLAMATION OF THE
GOVERNOR
PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF DELAWARE,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
DOVER, DELAWARE, September 22, 1914.
Proclamation I, Charles R. Miller, Governor of the State of Delaware,
of the Gov-ernor
under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section
16 of Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Delaware,
do issue this my proclamation convening the General As-sembly
of the State of Delaware in special session at Dover,
the capital of the State, on Monday, the twenty-eighth day
of September, A. D. 1914, at 12 o'clock noon, to consider
and act upon the following matters and subjects of legis-lative
business, to wit:
First. To receive the report of the joint committees of
the Senate and the House on Revised Statutes on "The Re-vision
and Codification of the General Statute Laws of the
State" as prepared and submitted by the Revised Code Com-mission;
in compliance with a joint resolution adopted by
the General Assembly, approved April 15th, 1909, being
Chapter 253, Volume 25; and a further joint resolution, ap-proved
March 20th, 1911, being Chapter 288, Volume 26;
and a further joint resolution approved March 13th, 1913,
being Chapter 305, Volume 27 of the Laws of Delaware.
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 7
PROCLAMATION OF THE GOVERNOR.
Second. To confirm appointments made by me since the
adjournment of the General Assembly on the eighth day of
April, A. D. 1913.
Third. To confirm the appointment which will be made
by me to the office of Associate Judge, which has become
vacant.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here-unto
set my hand and caused the Great Seal
of the State to be hereto affixed this twenty-second
day of September, in the year of our
[GREAT SEAL] Lord one thousand nine hundred and four-teen,
and of the Independence of the United
States of America the one hundred and
thirty-ninth.
By the Governor :
CHAS. R. MILLER.
THOMAS W. MILLER,
Secretary of State.
LAWS
OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE
PASSED AT THE
NINETY-FIFTH SESSION
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER
On Tuesday, January 4th, A. D. 1915
AND
IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES
THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINTH
VOLUME XXVIII-PART II
CHAS. L. STORY, PRINTER
WILMINGTON, DEL.
1915
.
4
LAWS OF DELAWARE
TITLE ONE
Construction of Statutes
CHAPTER 4.
AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION.
AN ACT Proposing an Amendment to Section 1 of Article 9, of the
Constitution of the State of Delaware, in Relation to Corporations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (two-thirds
of all the members elected to each House concurring
therein) :
Section 1. That Section 1 of Article 9 of the Constitu- gerctg: 10, of
tion of the State of Delaware be amended by striking out ttmccorb-all
of Section 1 of said Article 9, and inserting in lieu state
Amended thereof the following:
"Section 1. No corporation shall hereafter be created, 'ritaItl ionrs too be amended, renewed or revived by special act, but only by or created under
general law under general law, nor shall any existing corporate charter
be amended, renewed, or revived by special act, but only by
or under general law; but the foregoing provisions shall not
12 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION.
Not to apply apply to municipal corporations, banks, trust companies to certain
corporations possessing banking power, or corporations for charitable,
penal, reformatory, or educational purposes, sustained in
whole or in part by the State, all of which said last men-tioned
corporations shall be created, amended, renewed or
Only by ape- revived only by special act, and shall possess only those cinl Acts
powers, rights, privileges and franchises conferred by the
special act creating, amending, renewing or reviving them,
and shall not merge or consolidate with any other corpora-cMounsste
nhta voef tion except upon the consent and approval of the General
sGeemnbelrya l tAos - Assembly, two-thirds of all the members elected to each
merge House thereof concurring therein. The General Assembly
General
s lawfor shall, by general law, provide for the revocation or for- provide
apbeunsaelt yo rf or feiture of the charters of all corporations for the abuse,
misuse misuse or non-use of their corporate powers, privileges or
franchises. Any proceeding for such revocation or for-
Attorney- feiture shall be taken by the Attorney-General, as may be
pGreonseercaul teto provided by law. No general incorporation law, nor any
special act of incorporation, shall be enacted without the
sGeemnberlyal tAo s- concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected to
control each House of the General Assembly, and with a reserved
power of amendment, revocation or repeal by the General
Assembly with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the mem-bers
elected to each House thereof."
Approved March 16, A. D. 1915.
TITLE TWO
Jurisdiction and Property of the State
CHAPTER 5.
OLD STATE HOUSE.
AN ACT In Relation to the Old State House of New Castle.
WHEREAS, By an Act of the General Assembly of the
Freemen of the Counties of New Castle, Kent and Sussex
upon Delaware, passed June 13, A. D. 1772, and by another
Act passed by the General Assembly February 20, A. D.
1883, being Chapter 177, Volume 17, Laws of Delaware, and
by another Act passed by the General Assembly April 9, A..
D. 1907, being Chapter 191, Volume 24, Laws of Delaware,.
the fee in the old State House at New Castle has always re-.
mained the State's ; and
WHEREAS, At different times various Trustees have
been appointed by the General Assembly to have the custody
of the said State House at New Castle; and
WHEREAS, The said State House at New Castle is doubt-less
the oldest building in the country that was used for
Legislative and Governmental purposes in Colonial days,
the main part of it being constructed prior to Independence
Hall in Philadelphia ; and
WHEREAS, From its historical value it should be restored
fire proofed and preserved ; therefore
14 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OLD STATE HOUSE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Granting tho Section 1. That if any Historical Society now incor- privilege to
use the old porated, or that may be incorporated under the laws of this State House
at New State, desire to use the said old State House at New Castle Castle
for administrative and museum purposes, that the Com-missioners
having the same in charge, shall turn the build-ing
over to said Historical Society, free of all cost, the same
to revert to the State of Delaware when such Historical So-ciety
ceases to exist or to perform the functions for which
it was organized, provided, however, that before any trans-
Providing the fer is made to such Historical Society that the transaction granting is
approved bY must be approved by the following State officers or a ma- certain offi-cials
jority of them, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the
President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the
House and the Secretary of State.
Approved March 9, A. D. 1915.
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STATE LIBRARY.
CHAPTER 6.
STATE LIBRARY.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 5 of the Revised Code of the State of
Delaware.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
That Chapter 5 of the Revised Code of the State of Dela-ware
be and the same is hereby amended by repealing 28
Section 6 thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following
Section to be styled 28 Section 6.
28 Section 6. On the first day of the Sessions of the 'Abrasion to
General Assembly of this State the Librarian shall make make report
a report to the same, setting forth the condition of the
Library, the number of fines levied and collected, the number
and title of books lost during the last two years and the
number and kinds of books received by him for the Library
in that period and all other things concerning the Library
that he may deem proper.
He shall also keep the Library open each day, except kue,trlarc3e+rribe
Sundays and legal Holidays, from nine o'clock A. M. to gars
twelve o'clock Noon, and from half past one P. M. to half
past four P. M., with the exception of Saturdays, when
he shall keep the Library open from nine o'clock A. M. to
one o'clock P. M., and also excepting the period that the
General Assembly is in Session and the Sessions of the
Courts in Rent County, when he shall keep the Library open
from nine o'clock A. M. to nine o'clock P. M.
Approved March 8, A. D. 1915.
16 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
STATE LIBRARY.
CHAPTER 7.
STATE LIBRARY.
AN ACT Authorizing the State Librarian to have repairs made to
certain books In the State Library.
WHEREAS, Many of the books now in the State Library,
at Dover, have become greatly in dis-repair ; and
WHEREAS, It is deemed necessary for the preservation of
these books to have new backs placed thereon, and such
other repairs made to them as may be necessary ; therefore
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativas
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
State Libra- Section 1. That the State Librarian be and he is author-
Man to have
books re- ized to have repairs made to such books in the State Library,
paired in the State House, at Dover, Delaware, as may be selected
by the Judges of the Supreme Court as being necessary.
Appropria- Section 2. That for the purpose of effectuating this Act
111,.°,,"4"d how Five Hundred Dollars is hereby appropriated to be paid
by the State Treasurer upon warrants drawn by the State
Librarian, countersigned by one of the Judges of the Su-preme
Court.
Approved March 9, A. D. 1915.
TITLE THREE
State Revenue and Supplies
CHAPTER 8.
STATE REVENUE.
INSURANCE, GUARANTEE, CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANIES
AND BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of
Delaware defining the taxable gross premiums collected by Insur-ance
Companies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the 87cilared. 401i
State of Delaware be, and the same is hereby amended by tch0edeftevised
repealing 78, Section 41 and inserting in lieu thereof the Amended
following to be styled 78, Section 41:
78. Section 41. Each and every foreign insurance corn- 0AnuTirillsauxr.
pany, firm or corporation doing the business of life insur- Lnsese, 10-0
ance within the State shall, on the twenty-eight day of Feb-aodin to
ruary of each year, pay to the Insurance Commissioner, for
the use of the State, two per centum on the gross amount
of premiums received and assessments collected by any such
insurance company, firm or corporation, or authorized agent
for the year immediately preceding the thirty-first day of
December next preceding the date herein provided for such
payment; and every insurance company, firm or corporation
18 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
Deduct ions
on dividends
paid
INSURANCE, GUARANTEE, CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANIES
AND BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.
Annual tax
on other than doing any other insurance business within the State, shall
life insurance on the first day of February of each year, pay to the Insur- business,
when paid, ance Commissioner, for the use of the State, one and one-to
whom half per centum on the gross amount of premiums received
and assessments collected by any such insurance company,
firm or corporation, or authorized agent for the year im-
Must 1110 a mediately next preceding the date herein provided for such detailed
statement an- payment; and each and every such company, firm or cor- nuttily poration, shall, at the same time, deliver to the Insurance
Commissioner a full detailed statement showing the gross
amount of premiums received and assessments collected by
Statement such company, firm or corporation or authorized agent for must be
omaatdhe under the previous year, and such statement shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the President or Secretary of said
company, duly administered by some person authorized by
law to administer oaths, provided further, however, that in
fDoerd uctions computing the gross amount of premiums received and
adlelonwdse dp aid, assessments collected deductions for dividends paid shall
be permitted.
105, See. 68, Section 2. That Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the Chap. 0, of
the Revised State of Delaware be, and the same is hereby, amended by Code
amended inserting therein a new section to be styled 105a, Section
68a.
105a. Section 68a. In computing the gross amount of
premiums received and assessments collected by insurance
companies under the provisions of Section 68 of Chapter 6,
deductions for dividends paid shall be permitted.
Approved March 8, A. D. 1915.
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DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS.
CHAPTER 9.
STATE REVENUE.
DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of
Delaware, relative to Annual Reports of Corporations to the Secre-tary
of State.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in Genera/ Assembly met:
Section 1. That Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the 103. Sec, 68,
State of Delaware be, and the same is hereby amended by
the repeal of 103, Section 66 and the insertion in lieu adeended
thereof of the following section to be styled 103, Section 66.
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103. Section 66. Annually on or before the first Tues- Duty or cor-olmake
rttlamugt ift day in January, it shall be the duty of the President, Trea-surer
or other proper officer, or any two directors, of any re"rt
corporation now existing or hereafter to be incorporated
under the provisions of the laws of this State of the char-acter
specified in the preceding section, to make report to To whom
the Secretary of State, stating specifically, (with the degree
of particularity required by Paragraph 2, Section 1919,
being Section 5 of Chapter 65 of the Revised Code of the
State of Delaware), the location of its principal office in
this State, and the name of the agent upon whom service
of process against said corporation may be served, the loca-tionor
locations (town or towns, city or cities, street or 11,AftersotanDdi-streets
and number, if number there be) of the place or °fficerg
places of business of said corporation without this State;
20 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS.
Expiration of the names and addresses of n11 the directors and officers of
term of of-fice
the company and when the terms of each expire; the amount
cAauptihtaolr izsetodc k of its authorized capital stock, if any, and the amount actu-tilDnaltmtr
ofeentnn- ally issued ; the date appointed for the next annual meeting
of the stockholders for the election of directors ; as well also
Certain cor- the following particulars, namely : Each telegraph, tele-porations
shall make phone, cable or express company, not owned by a railroad
annual state-ment
of gross company and not otherwise taxed, shall state the gross
receipts amount of its receipts from business done in this State for
Gas and elec- the year preceding the making of such report; each gas
tric light
shall make company and electric light company shall state the amount
annual state-ment
of re- Or its receipts for light or power supplied within this State
ceipts for the year preceding the making of such report, and the
Also amount amount of dividends declared or paid during the same time ;
of dividends
declared or each company organized for the distribution of heat or
paid power or organized for the purpose of producing or dis-tributing
steam, heat or power, shall state the amount of
All steam,
heat or power its receipts for the distribution of heat or power, or for the
companies
shall make production or distribution of steam, heat or power within
apnonrtu al re- this State for the year preceding the making of such report,
and the amount of dividends declared or paid during the
sPlaerelpoirn go rc ar same time ; each parlor, palace or sleeping car company
csohrapllo ramtiaoknes shall state the gross amount of its receipts for fare or tolls
annual report for transportation of passengers within this State during
All oil or the same time; each oil or pipe line company engaged in
pipe lines
make annual the transportation of oil or crude petroleum shall state the
reports gross amount of its receipts from the transportation of oil
or petroleum through its pipes or in and by its tanks or
cars in this State during the same time ; each fire, marine,
livestock, casualty or accident insurance company shall state
sCuerratnacine cinom- - the total amount of premiums received by it for insurance
apnonnuieasl rmeapkoer t upon the lives of persons resident or property, located within
this State during the same time ; each life insurance com-pany
shall state the total amount of premiums received by
it for insurance upon the lives of persons resident within
this State, during the same time.
All other cor- Every other corporation shall file with the Secretary of porationa
nskuualll rOelpe onrnt.- State on or before the first Tuesday in January in each
and when year an annual report which shall state, (with the degree
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DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS.
of particularity required by Paragraph 2, Section 1919,
being Section 5 of Chapter 65 of the Revised Code of the
State of Delaware), the location of its principal office in oLtrefidof
this State, and the name of the agent upon whom service agent
of process against said company may be served; the location
or locations (town or towns, city or cities, stating the streets
and numbers, if numbers there be) of the place or places
of business of said company without this State; the names oNal= of
and addresses of all the directors and officers of the com-pany,
and when the terms of each expire; the ,date ap-pointed
for the next annual meeting of stockholders for thetinn.nuo tg sttii oog :
election of directors ; the amount of its authorized capital, holders
the amount actually issued, the amount invested in real es- Amount is- tate, the tax annually thereon, and the amount invested in :It andin.
manufacturing or mining in this State, or both; and, if ex- =Id in real
empt from taxation under the provisions of Sections 68, 72
and 83 of this Chapter, the specific facts entitling such cor- All corpori- poration to exemption from taxation aforesaid, provided, Liggretting- that no part of this section shall apply to corporations which tmirsin(Te of
are by law under the supervision of the Insurance Corn- ctoorris-missioner
; if such report is not so made and so filed the cor-poration
shall forfeit to the State the sum of two hundred Penalty
dollars, to be recovered with costs in an action of debt, to
be prosecuted by the Attorney-General, who shall prosecute
such actions whenever it shall appear that this section has
been violated ; and proyided further, if such report shall not cDolmrefjoris not
be so made and filed, all the directors of any such corpora- terclitKbleogpr
tion, who shall wilfully refuse to comply with the provisions appointment
thereof and who shall be in office during the default, shall
at the time appointed for the next election, and for a period
of one year thereafter, be thereby rendered ineligible for
election or appointment to any office in the company as di-rectors
or otherwise; no director shall be thus disqualified
for the failure to make and file such report, if he shall file Dmmeti,nrdIr y
with the Secretary of State before the time appointed for victual report
holding the next election of directors after such default a
certificate stating that he has endeavored to have such re-port
made and filed, but that the officers have neglected to
make and file the same, and shall report the items required
to be stated in such annual report so far as they are within
22 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS.
his knowledge, or are obtainable from sources of such in-formation
open to him, verified by him to be true to the
best of his knowledge, information and belief; the Secretary
of State shall upon application, furnish blanks in proper
All reports form and shall safely keep in his office all such reports, open for
h
stpee ctpiounb liocf which shall be open to the inspection of all persons at proper hours.
In case any such corporation shall fail to file such report
within the time required by this section, and in case the
agent in charge of the principal office of such company upon
SNeVchreent athrye of whom process against such company may be served shall
State
dcan
be die, or shall resign, or shall remove from the State, or such serve with
process agent cannot with due diligence be found, it shall be lawful
while such default continues, to serve process against such
corporation upon the Secretary of State, and such service
shall be as effectual to all intents and purposes as if made
upon the president or head officers of such corporation, and
within two days after such service upon the Secretary of
rDeutatyil , ofo fS ec- State as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Secretary
pSrtoatcee sasf ter of State to notify such corporation thereof by letter directed
to such corporation at its registered office, in which letter
shall be inclosed a copy of the process or other paper served;
and it shall be the duty of the plaintiff in any action in
which said process shall be issued to pay to the Secretary
Fee for ser of State, for the use of the State, the sum of three dollars, vice
which said sum shall be taxed as a part of the costs in said
suit if the plaintiff shall prevail therein ; the Secretary of
State shall keep a book to be called the "process book,"
A record
shall made be in which shall be entered alphabetically, by the name of the
plaintiff and defendant therein, the title of all causes in
which processes have been served upon him, the test of the
process so served, the return day thereof, and the day and
hour when the service was made.
tAiolln sc osrnpaoirla - All companies incorporated under the General Corpora-frielep
oarnt nual tion Law of this State, accepting the provisions of the Con-stitution
of Delaware and coming under the supervision of
said law, shall file an annual report with the Secretary of
State as hereinbefore provided in this section, provided
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DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS.
further, however, that in the discretion of the Secretary of When ie.
State the filing fee may be remitted in the case of a chari-myter re-table
or beneficial organization, carried on without profit,
or a corporation that is required to file a report with the
Insurance Commissioner for which a fee is collected.
Approved March 8, A. D. 1915.
Upon the filing of said Proclamation, the Secretary of
State shall transmit forthwith to the Recorder of each
county of this State a certified copy of said Proclamation
and each Recorder shall, upon receipt of said certified copy,
forthwith mark in brief upon the margin of the record of
the certificate of incorporation named in said Proclamation,
which is of record in his office, the fact that the charter of
said corporation is repealed and the date of said repeal.
Approved March 2, A. D. 1915.
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DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS.
CHAPTER 10.
STATE REVENUE.
DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of
Delaware relative to the Proclamation of the Governor concern-ing
delinquent Corporations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
113, Sec. 70, Section 1. That 113, Section 76 of Chapter 6 of the Re-
Chan. 0, Re-vlsea
Code, vised Code of the State of Delaware be, and the same is
amended hereby amended by the repeal of said section and the inser-tion
in lieu thereof of the following which shall be styled
113, Section 76.
Proclamation 113. Section 76. The Proclamation of the Governor
to be filed
and pub- shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and pub-lished
lished once in one newspaper within the State.
A certified
copy to the
Recorder of
each county
A record to
be made of
repeal
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DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS.
CHAPTER 11.
DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 6 of the Revised Statutes of the State of
Delaware, defining the duties of Special Deputy Attorneys General.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That 116, Sec. 79 of Chapter 6 of the Re-e
R3A Seg. 79i
vised Statutes of the State of Delaware, be and the same is
htc ed h 'Md
hereby amended by striking out all of said section and in- amended
serting in lieu thereof, the following :
116. Sec. 79. The Attorney General may appoint oneet tnoerrnael ym-may
or more special Deputy Attorneys General for the pur-liveosint deo-pose
of enforcing the provisions of Sections 65 to 83, in- For collee-elusive,
of this Chapter, and the collection of the taxes due non of fran-from
proclaimed corporations, and corporations whose char-chin
taxes
due
ter has become void by operation of law for non-payment Authority of taxes thereunder. Such special deputy or deputies shall
have all the powers and authorities which the Attorney
General has under the provisions of said sections. Such
appointees of the Attorney General shall receive as compen-sation
for their services thirty-three and one-third per cen- gooulipensa-turn
of the amount of taxes collected by them.
Approved March 15, A. D. 1915.
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INTOXICATING LIQUORS.
CHAPTER 12.
STATE REVENUE.
INTOXICATING LIQUORS.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of
Delaware by repealing 180, Section 143, relative to the Shipment or
Carrying of Spirituous, Vinous or Malt Liquors into Local Option
Territory.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
180. See. 143, Section 1. That Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the Chap. 6, Re-vised
Code State of Delaware be and the same is hereby amended by repealed repealing 180, Section 143 thereof.
Approved March 13, A. D. 1915.
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HUCKSTERS AND PEDDLERS.
CHAPTER 13.
STATE REVENUE.
HUCKSTERS AND PEDDLERS.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of
Delaware, in relation to Licenses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the 212, ST
State of Delaware, be, and the same is hereby amended by tchealiieged
the repeal of 212, Section 175 and the insertion in lieu =cud
thereof of the following to be styled 212, Section 175:
212. Section 175. That all State licenses with the ex- Certain state
ception of liquor, automobiles, motorcycles, operators, stal- eMAnul?
lion or jackass, circus, carrying deadly weapons, oysters Or nually
clams, gypsy and marriage licenses hereafter issued in this
State shall expire annually upon the first day of June next xeepuons
succeeding the date of issue.
That, on all State Licenses, due June first not paid during r4gittn.
the month of June in each year hereafter, there shall be FAT, air-added
to the amount of the license and tax, a penalty of five
per centum of the amount thereof; on all State Licenses
not paid during the month of July in each year hereafter,
there shall be added to the amount of the license and tax an
additional penalty of ten per centum of the amount thereof;
and, on all State Licenses not paid during the month of
August in each year hereafter, there shall be added to the
amount of the license and tax a further additional penalty
LAWS OF DELAWARE.
HUCKSTERS AND PEDDLERS.
of ten per centum of the amount thereof, thereby making the
total penalty, if licenses are paid after the month of August,
of any year, of twenty-five per centum on the amount of
the license and tax.
That all licensees, obtaining a license for the fractional
part or portion of a year shall pay therefor the pro rata
proportion of the whole year's license or tax, the minimum
license or tax to be paid for the fractional part of the year
for any license shall be Five Dollars.
That all merchants six months licenses and all manufac-turers
six months licenses shall hereafter be known as mer-chants
fractional and manufacturers fractional licenses,
respectively, and shall expire on the first day of June next
succeeding the date of issue, the same as other licenses, with
the exception of liquor, automobiles, motorcycles, operators,
stallion or jackass, circus, carrying deadly weapons, oysters
or clams, gypsy or marriage licenses, as aforementioned in
this Act and that all merchants fractional branch licenses
and merchants yearly branch licenses hereafter issued in
this State shall expire annually upon the first day of June
next succeeding the date of issue.
That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith be
and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved March 9, A. D. 1915.
28
Fractional
licenses
Six months'
licenses
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 29
OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES.
CHAPTER 14.
STATE REVENUE.
OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of
Delaware by providing for certain Occupational Licenses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
That Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of Del- mps.1: 108,2,
aware be and the same is hereby amended by repealing tchoed:evlsed
219, Section 182 thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the amended
following section to be styled 219, Section 182.
219. Section 182. The following fee shall be paid to License fees
the Clerk of the Peace, for the use of the State, for any
license to be issued by him under the provisions of Sections
180 to 189, inclusive of this Chapter, that is to say : For
each license as an auctioneer the sum of ten dollars ; for
each license to keep or travel stallions or jacks for the use
of mares the sum of ten dollars ; for each license to keep
an eating house the sum of ten dollars ; for each license to
take photographs the sum of twenty dollars, except itiner-ant
photographers who take photographs for profit and
who have no established place of business in this State, who
shall pay for a license twenty-five dollars ; for each license
to act as broker the sum of one hundred dollars; for each
license as real estate agent the sum of fifty dollars ; for
each license to perform or practice jugglery the sum of
twenty-five dollars ; for each license as a lawyer the sum
of ten dollars ; for each license as a physician or osteopath
30 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES.
the sum of ten dollars ; for each license as a dentist the sum
of ten dollars; for each license to operate an establishment
for dyeing or scouring the sum of ten dollars ; for each li-cense
to operate a laundry the sum of twenty-five dollars ;
for each license to conduct a mercantile agency the sum of
ten dollars ; for each license as a conveyancer the sum of ten
Proviso,ncer
conveya a dollars, provided that any conveyancer, whose annual re-
;;Viseren-nth ceipts for conveyancing do not exceed the sum of one hun-are
limited dred dollars, shall be required to pay only five dollars for a
conveyancer's license, and that every person applying for
a five dollar conveyancer's license as above mentioned shall
file an affidavit with the Clerk of the Peace stating that his
receipts for conveyancing during the twelve months immedi-ately
preceding the first day of June last did not exceed the
sum of one hundred dollars ; for each license to act as a
private banker the sum of one hundred dollars ; each bl-and
tri-cycle railway the sum of fifty dollars ; each haunted
swing the sum of twenty dollars ; each revolving swing the
sum of fifty dollars ; and each razzIe dazzle the sum of
twenty-five dollars ; for each license to have, keep, conduct
or operate one pool table, billiard table, shuffle board or
bowling alley, for the use of the public or to which the
public have access, the sum of fifteen dollars for the first
table, board or alley, ten dollars for the second table, board
or alley, and five dollars for each additional table, board or
alley, provided that each such license shall be obtained from
the Clerk of the Peace of the county in which it is desired
to conduct such business ; for each license to conduct or
exhibit a circus, within two miles of the corporate limits of
any city in this State having a population of over fifty thou-sand
people, a fee of three hundred dollars ; for each license
to conduct or exhibit a circus not Within two miles of the
corporate limits of any city in this State, having a popula-tion
of over fifty thousand people, a fee of one hundred dol-lars;
for each license to conduct or exhibit a theatre or a
moving picture theatre within the corporate limits of any
city in this State, having a population of over fifty thousand
people, a fee of one hundred dollars ; for each license to con-duct
or exhibit a theatre or a moving picture theatre within
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 31
OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES.
the corporate limits of any city, village or town in this
State, having a population of less than fifty thousand peo-ple,
a fee of twenty-five dollars ; for each license to conduct
or exhibit an amusement park, a fee of two hundred and
fifty dollars ; for each license to conduct or exhibit a merry-go-
round, toboggan slide, switch-back, scenic railway, shoot-the-
shoots, a fee of seventy-five dollars ; for each license to
conduct or exhibit any other place of amusement for profit,
a fee of twenty-five dollars ; for each license to exhibit
freaks, wax figures, etc., twenty-five dollars ; vendors of ice-cream,
pop-corn, waffles and candy, ten dollars, provided
that such license shall only be required in New Castle
County; for each license to engage in the business of chi-ropodist
ten dollars ; for each license to maintain and con-duct
public baths for hire ten dollars ; for each license to
engage in the business of Bill Posters or Distribution of
Samples, ten dollars ; for each license to engage in the busi-ness
of livery stable keeper, ten dollars ; for each license to
engage in the business of a manicurist, ten dollars ; con-ducting
a barber shop, five dollars.
Any person, firm, company or corporation who secures poxlirlaiLn as
a license to conduct or carry on an amusement park shall Iteecnsessfor
not be required to take out any further license to conduct lannenatmti
any place of amusement or an eating house within the boun-daries
of such park, provided, however, that an amusement
park license shall not give the person, firm, company or
corporation holding the same the privilege of conducting or
exhibiting a circus.
Any person, firm, company or corporation who secures Exception as
a theatre license shall not be required to take out any ad-''
ditional license in order to carry on the business of con-theatre
ducting a moving picture theatre or exhibiting illustrated
songs.
No person or persons, firm, company or corporation, with- lasiso teox eter o
out first having obtained a license as herein provided, shall, liability
within the limits of this State engage in, prosecute, follow
32 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES.
or carry on any trade, business, pursuit or occupation for
which a license fee must be paid in accordance with the
the provisions of this section; and any section of Chapter
6 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware, in so far
as the same may be inconsistent with the provisions of this
section, is hereby repealed.
Approved March 16, A. D. 1915.
0
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NOMADS AND GYPSIES.
CHAPTER 15.
STATE REVENUE.
NOMADS AND GYPSIES.
AN ACT to Prohibit Bands of Nomads, commonly called Gypsies,
pitching or settling encampments, carrying on transactions, or
practicing their craft in the State of Delaware.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That from and after the passage of this Act liTynplaszfaultgor
it shall be unlawful for any roving band of Nomads, corn- encamp
monly called Gypsies, to pitch or settle an encampment,
carry on transactions, or practice their craft in the State
of Delaware, and any person being a member of such roving
band or accompanying such band who shall offend against
the provisions hereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and Penalty
upon conviction shall be imprisoned for a term not ex-ceeding
six months.
Approved March 18, A. D. 1915.
34 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
REVENUEFROM SUNDRY BOARDS.
CHAPTER 16.
STATE REVENUE.
REVENUE FROM SUNDRY BOARDS.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 6 of the Revised Code, of the State of
Delaware, providing that Veterinarians shall present Certificates
when Applying for Licenses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Clut p. 6 of That Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of Dela- t he Revised
Code ware be and the same is hereby amended by inserting the amended
following section, to be styled 232a. Section 195a. All
Veterinarians veterinarians when applying to the various clerks of the
must present
license In peace for licenses must present their license in veterinary
vet erinary
medicine to medicine as provided in Chapter 24 of the Revised Code, of
PPee°aarccie°4 of the the State of Delaware, and no Clerk of the Peace shall issue
to any veterinarian a license unless the said certificate is
presented to him.
Approved March 29, A. D. 1915.
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 35
MOTOR VEHICLES.
CHAPTER 17.
STATE REVENUE.
MOTOR VEHICLES.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of
Delaware.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (two-thirds
of the members elected to each branch concurring
therein):
That Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of Dela- eit,i Seg. Ir.
ware be, and the same is hereby amended by the repeal of trifleTdc;Vee-
234, Sction 197, and the insertion in lieu thereof of the fol-lowing,
which shall be styled as 234, Section 197:
234, Section 197. Every resident of this State who- is
the owner of a motor vehicle, and every non-resident, ex-cept
as provided in Sections 197 to 217, inclusive, of this
Chapter, shall, annually, apply to the Secretary of State Anigta:
for the registration of said motor vehicle. The application g ration
shall contain the name, place of residence and correct post
office address of the owner, with a brief description of the
Fliormti
of aP-motor
vehicle, stating the name of the maker, manufac- p ca on
turer's number and character of the motive power and rated
horse power. The said application shall be made upon a
blank provided for the purpose by the Secretary of State.
It shall be signed by the owner and shall be verified by oath
or affirmation. Upon receipt of the application and a fee Fee
of three dollars for a motor cycle and a fee of five dollars
36 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
MOTOR VEHICLES.
for any other motor vehicle, the Secretary of State shall reg-ister
the said motor vehicle in a book to be kept for that
purpose, and shall issue to the owner a registration certifi-cate;
and the Secretary of State at the expense of the State
shall provide two number tags for each motor vehicle, ex-cepting
motor cycles, containing the registration number,
the figures of which shall not be less than four inches in
height, and the abbreviated name of the State and the year.
Tags The Secretary of State at the expense of the State shall
provide one metal number tag for motor cycles, containing
the registration number, the figures of which shall not be
less than one and three-eighths of an inch in height, and
the abbreviated name of the State and the year; the figures
to run horizontal of the number tag, which shall not be
shorter than seven inches in length and two and one-quarter
inches in width, the same to be attached to the rear of the
motor cycle. Provided, however, the provisions of said last
mentioned sections, relative to license and registration, shall
registration not apply to a motor vehicle owned by a non-resident of this
State, provided, that the owner thereof shall have complied
with the provisions of the law of the foreign country, State,
territory, or federal district of his residence, relative to
registration of motor vehicles or motor cycles and the dis-play
of number tags thereon. The provisions of this Sec-tion,
however, shall be operative as to a motor vehicle or
Privileges motor cycle owned by a non-resident of this State, only to granted to
non-residents the extent that under the laws of the foreign country, State,
territory, or federal district of his residence, like exemption
and privileges are granted to motor vehicles or motor cycles
duly registered under the laws of, and owned by residents
of, this State.
A motor vehicles or motor cycle, owned by a foreign cor-poration,
firm, or co-partnership, and operated within this
State shall not be exempt from registration and the operator
of said motor vehicle shall be licensed as hereinafter pro-r.,"(
triteir"" vided for operators of motor vehicles ; provided that this
other States shall not apply to a motor vehicle owned by an individual,
firm, or corporation which is registered as a "dealer" or
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 37'
MOTOR VEHICLES.
"manufacturer" in another State which State grants ex-emption
to a "dealer" or "manufacturer" of this State.
The fees provided for by Sections 197, 199, 200 and 201 iteeelaa tin g to
of this chapter shall include all the fees due the Secretary of
State upon a license or certificate provided for by said last
mentioned sections.
That Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of Dela- MA seg. 1.7, ware be, and the same is hereby amended by the repeal of aliferilisedc;C°do
235, Section 198, and the insertion in lieu thereof the fol-lowing,
which shall be styled as 235, Section 198.
235, Section 198. No motor vehicle shall be operated arrtnjgh ebrn n d
upon any public road, street, turnpike or highway unless the dtapkayed
number tags are carried conspicuously, one on the front
and the other on the rear of the motor vehicle in such man-ner
that they may be easily read. They shall be parallel
to the axles of the motor vehicle, and shall be kept free k pt clean
Thigs to be
from oil, grease, dirt or other substance likely to impair
their legibility; and between one hour after sunset and one
hour before sunrise, the rear number tags shall be illumi-nated
so that the number can be plainly distinguished when rear tag
the motor vehicle is in use.
Provided, that when used upon a motor cycle, the number lin' root Vrs oc vacs, et:
tag shall be attached so that it may be plainly read from the
rear of the said motor cycle ; and provided further that the
requirements as to illuminating the rear number tag shall
not apply to motor cycles. Not more than one set of num-ber
tags shall be displayed upon any motor vehicle, except as only one tag
provided in Section 197 of this Chapter for non-residents.
No owner or operator of any motor vehicle shall be subject
to fine or arrest when one number tag is missing, provided
he makes affidavit that the same has been lost or removed
without his knowledge or consent, and that he will promptly
provide a new tag.
38 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
MG, Soo. 199, That Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of Chap. 0, of
the IteN iqed Delaware be, and the same is hereby amended by the repeal Code
amended of 236, Section 199, and the insertion in lieu thereof of the
following, which shall be styled as 236, Section 199.
Operator 236, Section 199. No person, except as provided for must have
license non-residents in Section 197 of this Chapter, shall operate
a motor vehicle other than a motor cycle, upon the public
streets, roads, turnpikes or highways of this State, unless
he has first obtained from the Secretary of State a license.
Age, neces- No license shall be issued to, nor shall any motor vehicle eery to se-tcourr'es
olipceernas-e be operated by, any person under sixteen years of age.
Applications for license shall be made in writing upon a
License a p-tion
blank furnished by the Secretary of State, and shall contain plica
blanks the name of the applicant, his or her place of residence,
including city or town, street and number, and the post
office address, and shall state that he or she is over six-teen
years of age and is qualified to operate a motor vehicle.
It shall be signed by the applicant's own hand and verified
When license
hall b
se D oath or affirmation. Upon receipt of the application and is-y
sued a fee of five dollars, the Secretary of State shall issue to the
Licensee applicant a license. The license shall contain the licensee's
mug mive
license when name and residence, and the date and number of the license,
operating and shall be carried by the licensee at all times when operat-ing
a motor vehicle.
MOTOR VEHICLES.
Exem ptions
as to regis- tration, to
Whom
granted
All motor vehicles owned and used by any fire engine
company, fire department in the State, or by officials of
the same in the performance of their duties, or by any
hospital in the State, shall be exempt from the payment of
all registration or license fees for State, County or Munici-pal
purposes. The person operating such motor vehicles
shall not be required to take out any license for the purpose
of operating the same.
Family oper-atone
license, Any person owning a motor vehicle may make application
fee, guanaco,- to the Secretary of State as herein provided for a "family tIons
operator's license" and upon receipt of the application and
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 39
MOTOR VEHICLES.
a fee of eight dollars, the Secretary of State shall issue
to such applicant a "family operator's license" which shall
entitle any member of his or her "immediate family," who is
over the age of sixteen years and who is otherwise qualified,
to operate such applicant's motor vehicle, provided, however,
that no such "family operator's license" shall be issued until
an affidavit has been filed with the Secretary of State from
each member of the "immediate family" desiring said license
and who shall come within the provisions of this Act, that
he or she is qualified to operate such applicant's motor
vehicle.
For the purposes of this Act, the term "immediate family"
shall be deemed to cover husband, wife, son, daughter, or
other relative or person who lives within the house or domi-cile
of the owner of the motor vehicle as a member of said
family and does not include a servant, hired help, or pro-fessional
operator.
That Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of Dela- FA Seg. 271,
ware be, and the same is hereby amended by the repeal of t iedilieN;Is°ed
238, Section 201, and the insertion in lieu thereof of the az°neie.led
following, which shall be styled as 238, Section 201.
238, Section fdaecmtuornesrtsr atoinr g,d eo2ar0l e1hr.i sr efM,o sroh taotlhrl e b veep hueircxpleeomss,ep to opffre ormtaet settdihn egb ,ny escmeelslaisnnigt"y-, e?israTuenrtaedherti era-1-
of individual registration, provided said manufacturer or
dealer registers with the Secretary of State in the "dealer's
class." Application for such registration shall state the
number of cars to be registered and shall be made upon a
blank provided for the purpose by the said Secretary of
State, and shall state the name and business of the applicant,
and shall be verified by oath or affirmation. For each
car registered a fee of five dollars shall be paid the Secretary
of State who shall issue a certificate of registration for
each car registered and provide, at the expense of the State,
a pair of tags for each registration which shall contain
numbers of registration not less than four inches in height, Tags
the year and the words "Delaware Dealer." No more than
40 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
239, See. 202,
Chap. 6, of
the Revised
Code
amended
Intoxicated
operators,
penalty
150. Sec. 213.
Chap. 6, of
the Revised
Code
amended
MOTOR VEHICLES.
one motor vehicle may be operated at the same time under
the same registration number. Such car shall be operated
Oplyeratedhyli- only by licensed drivers, who shall have authority to operate
on
censed driv- motor vehicles bearing the said tags for testing or demon-era
strating purposes or for hire.
That Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of Dela-ware
be, and the same is hereby amended by the repeal of
239, Section 202, and the insertion in lieu thereof of the
following, which shall be styled as 239, Section 202.
239, Section 202. No person when intoxicated shall
operate a motor vehicle or motor cycle under penalty of a
fine not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment not
exceeding thirty days, or both. Any Justice of the Peace
of the State or the Judge of the Municipal Court of the City
of Wilmington shall have power and jurisdiction to hear and
determine the offense created by this Section. Upon con-viction
of anyone for this offense the Justice of the Peace
or said Judge shall certify the facts and record in the case
to the Secretary of State who is authorized to revoke the
license of the guilty party for a period of one year or in case
the party committed the offense in the operation af a motor
cycle the registration may be cancelled and none reissued to
the said guilty party for a period of one year after such
cancellation.
That Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of Dela-ware
be, and the same is hereby amended by the repeal of
250, Section 213, and the insertion in lieu thereof of the
following, which shall be styled as 250, Section 213.
Penalties for 250, Section 213. Any person who has been previously violation
third ,convicted of any violation of the provisions of Sections offense
196 to 217 (Section 202 excepted), inclusive, of this Chap-ter,
upon the commission of a third offense within a period
of six months, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less
than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dol-lars,
or imprisoned for a period not exceeding three months,
or both, in the discretion of the Court. The Secretary of
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 41
MOTOR VEHICLES.
State upon being notified of a third conviction for the viola- ignraYy°rfe.
tion of the provisions of Sections 196 to 217 (Section 202 yoke licen"
excepted) , inclusive, of this Chapter, in any one period of
twelve months, may immediately revoke the license issued
to such person and said license shall not again be reissued
for a period of one year after such revocation. For the pur-pose
of carrying the provisions of this Section into effect
every Mayor, Justice of the Peace or the Judge of the Mu-nicipal
Court of the City of Wilmington shall certify to the
Secretary of State, on blanks provided by the said Secretary
of State, of each and every conviction under the provisionsfotEcihtocogic-of
Sections 196 to 217, inclusive, of this Chapter. The term weertriAcal.ytoof
"license" shall be deemed to apply to operators licenses and state
family operators licenses and in the case of the operator
of a motor cycle to the motor cycle registration.
Approved January 29, A. D. 1915.
42
290, See. 203,
Chap. 0, of
the Revised
Code
amended
LAWS OF DELAWARE.
MOTOR VEHICLES.
CHAPTER 18.
STATE REVENUE.
MOTOR VEHICLES.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of
Delaware.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (two-thirds
of the members elected to each branch concurring
therein) :
That Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of
Delaware be, and the same is hereby amended by the repeal
of 240, Section 203 and the insertion in lieu thereof of
the following, which shall be styled as 240, Section 203.
Cannot 240, Section 203. No person having been licensed shall
operate operate a motor vehicle under another license, nor operate
an unregistered motor vehicle. No motor vehicle shall be
operated under any other number than that of its own
Cannot use registration. No other tag or tags than those officially Ober tags supplied by the Secretary of State shall be used on any
motor vehicle or motor cycle and this provision shall govern
the loss or removal of tags mentioned in Section 198 of this
Chapter. In the case the registration is for a motor cycle
no other person than the one who obtained the said regis-tration
shall operate the said motor cycle.
290, Sec. 200, That Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of Chap. 0, Re-vised
Code Delaware be, and the same is hereby amended by the repeal amended of 246, Section 209 and the insertion in lieu thereof of
the following, which shall be styled as 246, Section 209.
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 43
MOTOR VEHICLES.
246, Section 209. The following rates of speed may be
maintained but not exceeded :
Upon any public street or highway where the buildingsed jotpaetes
of
are less than an average distance apart of one hundred feet,
a rate of speed of one mile in four minutes shall be per-mitted
but not exceeded, which, however, shall be reduced
to the rate of one mile in eight minutes at curves and =tie el speed
at intersections of other streets or highways. Upon any
public street or highway where the buildings are of greater
distance apart than one hundred feet, a rate of speed of
one mile in two minutes and twenty-four seconds shall be
permitted, but not exceeded, but this rate of speed shall be
reduced to one mile in five minutes at all curves, inter-secting
roads, in descending steep hills, and in passing other
vehicles ; provided that nothing in this section shall per-mit
any person to drive a motor vehicle at a greater rate
of speed than is reasonable, having regard to the traffic,
or so as to endanger the safety of any person or injure
the property of any person ; provided further, that motor proviso
vehicles used as ambulances, or by physicians responding
to emergency calls, or motor vehicles used by the police,
fire department or military when in the performance of
duty, are exempt from compliance with the provisions of
this section.
Approved January 29, A. D. 1915.
44 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
MOTOR VEHICLES.
CHAPTER 19.
STATE REVENUE.
MOTOR VEHICLES.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of
Delaware by authorizing the Governor to appoint Automobile
Inspectors.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
That Chapter 6 of the Revised Code of the State of
Delaware be, and the same is hereby amended by adding
thereto the following Section, to be styled as 254a Section
217a.
Appointment 254a, Section 217a. That for the purpose of enforc-ing
the motor vehicle statutes of the State of Delaware the
tors Governor is authorized to appoint one motor vehicle in-spector
for each county in the State, said inspectors to be
under the jurisdiction and direction of the Secretary of
State and to wear an official badge bearing the inscription
"Motor Vehicle Inspector, State of Delaware." Said inspec-
Authority of tors are to have authority to arrest anyone for the violation inspectors of Sections 196 to 217, inclusive, of Chapter 6 of the Re-vised
Code of the State of Delaware and to take offenders
before any Mayor, Justice of the Peace or Judge of the
Municipal Court of the City of Wilmington for trial. The
Compensa- compensation of said inspectors shall be fifty dollars per Hon of
Inspectors month to be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated and upon a
warrant drawn by the Governor. Travelling expenses shall
be paid upon warrant of the Secretary of State at the rate
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 45
MOTOR VEHICLES.
of two and one-half cents per mile when travelling under el,'crnev:Isienag
the orders of the said Secretary of State. The term of said n
inspectors shall extend from month to month at the
sTleediscrre-c mto ro
in-sf
tion of the Governor.
Approved March 8, A. D. 1915.
46 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
SUNDRY PROVISIONS.
CHAPTER 20
STATE REVENUE.
SUNDRY PROVISIONS.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 6, of the Revised Code of the State of
Delaware by providing for an Increase in the amount of the con.
tingent fund for the use of the Collector of State Revenue.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That Chapter 6, of the Revised Code of
And Chap. the State of Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended 6, 238, Sec-tion
201 by the insertion therein of the following sections to be
styled as 275A, Section 238A:
275A, Section 238A. The amount of the contingent
Contingent fund for the use of the Collector of State Revenue, is hereby
fund increased from three hundred dollars per annum to six hun-dred
dollars per annum, said increase to take effect imme-diately
upon the approval of this Act.
Approved March 8, A.D. 1915.
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 47
SUNDRY PROVISIONS.
CHAPTER 21.
STATE REVENUE.
SUNDRY PROVISIONS.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 6 of the Revised Statutes of the State of
Delaware, relating to investigations to be made by the Collector
of State Revenue.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That Chapter 6 of the Revised Statutes of gh8a Ph .A,,z3.
the State of Delaware be amended by inserting after 275, :gttieesd
Section 238, a new Section, to be styled 275A, Section 238A,
as follows:
275A, Section 238A. The Collector of State Revenue, ginerv
in any investigation made under the provisions of Section
238 ofof this Chapter, shall have the right to investigate and obrvicre31.8e0t.,
examine any books, papers, documents and stock of mer-chandise
of any person who has made a statement under. cLealce of the
oath or affirmation which has been filed in the Office of any
Clerk of the Peace, for the purpose of ascertaining the truth
and accuracy of such statement, and for the purpose of
obtaining evidence to aid the State in a civil action for any
license fee or tax due the State; provided that no evidence
obtained by the said Collector upon any examination, under
this Section, of any book, paper or document of any such
person making such statement shall be used in a criminal
action against any such person. Any person refusing to
permit said Collector to make, or preventing said Collector
from making any investigation or examination for which
48 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
SUNDRY PROVISIONS.
Pena I ty provision is herein made, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for not more than one
year, or both, in the discretion of the Court.
Approved March 16, A. D. 1915.
A
LAWS 'OF 'DELAWARE. 49
APPROPRIATIONS.
CHAPTER 22.
STATE REVENUE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
AN ACT making Appropriations for the Expenses of the State Govern-ment,
other than Legislative expenses, for the fiscal year ending
on Monday immediately preceding the second Tuesday in January,
in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen,
and authorizing the borrowing of money to supply casual deficien-cies
of revenue for said fiscal year, and the Issuance of notes or
certificates of indebtedness to secure the payment thereof.
WHEREAS, appropriations have been made heretofore
without a knowledge of the probable yearly revenues of the
State; and
WHEREAS, the anticipated revenues of the State of Dela- trtlelpated
ware for the fiscal year ending on Monday immediately pre- entoes rev-ceding
the second Tuesday in January, in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, are as follows :
BalanceJanuary 12, 1915 $14,418.41
Sale of Securities held by the Railroad and Rail-way
Guarantee Deposit Fund 51,500.00
Clerks of the PeaceLicenses and Fees 160,000.00
Insurance and Banking Department 74,000.00
RailroadsState Tax 112,000.00
Interest on Mortgages 11,550.00
Telegraph and Telephone Companies 15,000.00
Express Companies 2,200.00
Department of Secretary of State 176,800.00
Corporations $100,000.00
Civil Commissions 800.00
50 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
Appropria-tions
for the
expenses of
the State for
1915
Unexpended
money to be
returned to
the General
Fund
APPROPRIATIONS.
Automobiles $48,000.00
Fees 28,000.00
Manufacturers of Steam, Gas and Electricity.. $1,000.00
Franchise Taxes from Corporations 100,000.00
Collateral Inheritance Tax 17,000.00
Sale of Laws and Codes 2,500.00
Ti. S. Government Appropriation to Colleges 50,000.00
Sale of Delaware Archives 100.00
DividendsNational Bank of Delaware 400.00
Fines and Forfeitures 25.00
U. S. Government AppropriationSmith-Lever
Act 11,281.00
Amount refunded under the Drainage Act 2,000.00
Miscellaneous 3,000.00
Therefore, be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-resentatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly
met:
Section 1. That the several amounts named in this Act,
or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appro-priated
and authorized to be paid out of the treasury of this
State to the respective public officers of the respective de-partments
and divisions of Government, and for the several
purposes hereinafter specified, for the current fiscal year
ending on Monday immediately preceding the second Tues-day
of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and sixteen ; provided, however, that all parts or
portions of the several sums appropriated by this Act which,
on said Monday immediately preceding said second Tuesday
of January, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and sixteen,
shall not have been paid out of the treasury, shall be re-turned
to the general fund of the treasury. The said sev-eral
sums hereby appropriated are as follows, viz.:
APPROPRIATIONS.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Governor.
For the Governor for salary
For the contingent expenses of the Governor's
office
Lieutenant Governor.
For the salary of the State Treasurer
For the salary of the Deputy State Treasurer
For the contingent expenses of the office of
State Treasurer
For the official bond of the State Treasurer for
two years
Auditor of Accounts.
$4,000.00 Governor
1,200.00
1
$3,000.00 Treasury
Department
1,200.00
600.00
1,425.00
For the salary of the Auditor of Accounts 82,000.00 Accounts
Auditor of
For the salary of Deputy Auditor of Accounts. 1,200.00
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 51
For the Lieutenant Governor for salary as mem- Lieutenant-ber
of the Board of Pardons $100.00 Governor
Department of the Secretary of State.
For the Secretary of State for salary $4,000.00Dof eptahrtem Seeenrte - For the salary of Stenographer and Typewriter tory of State
for the Governor and Secretary of State 1,200.00
For the salary of three Clerks for the Secretary
of State 1,800.00
For the contingent expenses of the office of the
Secretary of State 3,000.00
For the official bond of the Secretary of State 50.00
Treasury Department.
52 LAWS OF DELAWARE
APPROPRIATIONS.
For the contingent expenses of the office of Au-ditor
of Accounts $500.0
Department of Insurance and Banking.
Insurance
and Banking
Department
The State
Library
Oyster Rev-enue
De-partment
For the salary of the Insurance Commissioner
For the salary of Clerk as provided by Chapter
99 of Volume 22, Laws of Delaware
For the salary of Clerk as provided by Chapter
330, of Volume 22, Laws of Delaware
For the contingent expenses of the Department
of Insurance and Banking
The State Library.
For the salary of State Librarian
For the contingent expenses of the office of
State Librarian
For the purchase of new books
For the repairing of books in the State Library
State Library Commission.
State Li- For the appropriation for regular expenses $3,000.00 brary Com-mission
For contingent expenses 200.00
Game and Fish Commissioner
Game and For the salary of Chief Game and Fish Warden. $600.00
Fish Com-mission
For enforcing Uniform Fish Law 200.00
Oyster Revenue Collector.
$2,000.0
600.00
500.00
1,200.00
$1,200.00
250.00
500.00
500.00
For the salary of Oyster Revenue Collector $700.00
For the salary of officers and crew of Watch
Boat for the protection of oysters 2,340.00
For the contingent expenses of the office of Oys-ter
Revenue Collector 100.00
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 53
APPROPRIATIONS.
State Revenue Collector.
For the salary of State Revenue Collector $1,200.00 State
Clior-
For the contingent expenses of the State Rev- lector
enue Collector 600.00
State's PropertyInsurance and Care of.
For the salary of Janitor of the State House $500.00 State Prop-erty,
fuser-
For the salary of Assistant Janitor of the State ance and
House 400.00
care of
For the salary of one night Janitor of the State
House 500.00
For heat, light, and repairs for State House 2,000.00
For water rent for State House and Armory 112.50
For insurance on all of the State property for
the year 1915 2,315.00
Child Labor Commission.
For the contingent expenses of the Child Labor Child Labor
Commission $1,000.00 Commission
For the salary of Child Labor Inspector 1,800.00
For the salary of the Ten Hour Lawnspector.. 1,000.00
Cannery Inspector.
For the salary of Cannery Inspector $1,000.00 feriaspnn eee rtyor For the contingent expenses of the Cannery In-spector
500.00
For the expenses of Supervisors of Institutions 100.00
For salaries of Automobile Inspectors 900.00 AInups toce tob'Ile
Board of State Supplies.
For the printing fund $15,000.00 gtonat red S u° fp -
For the contingent expenses of the Board of Plies
State Supplies 100.00
54 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Chancellor.
Chancellor For the salary of the Chancellor $5,000.00
For the Chancellor for reporting 200.00
For the salary of Stenographer to the Chancellor 1,200.00
For the contingent expenses of the Court of
Chancery 200.00
Chief Justice.
JCuhsiteif ce For the salary of the Chief Justice $5,000.00
Associate Judges.
JAusdsgoceisa te For the salaries of the Associate Judges $19,200.00
Associate Judge Resident in Kent County.
Associate For the Associate Judge resident in Kent County Judge
resident in for reporting $200.00 Kent County /
Court Stenographer.
For the salary of the Court Stenographer
For transcripts for the Supreme Court, and As-sistant
Stenographer
Judicial Reports.
For William H. Boyce, for one hundred copies
of Boyee's Delaware Reports, Volume 4
For codifying and publishing the Rules of the
several Courts
$2,000.00
1,400.00
Court Sten-ogre
pher
Judicial
reports
$1,000.00
500.00
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 55
APPROPRIATIONS.
Attorney General.
For the salary of the Attorney General $2,500.00 AttorneY-General
and For the salary of the Deputy Attorney General Deputies
for New Castle County 1,000.00
For the salary of Deputy Attorney General for
Kent County 500.00
For the salary of Deputy Attorney General for
Sussex County 500.00
For the contingent expenses for the Attorney
Conti General 2,500.00 PUIldngent
For salaries for three State Detectives 3,600.00 State Detec-
For the actual expenses in serving requisition tives
papers 500.00pRpae aeurisition
EDUCATION.
Commissioner of Education.
For the salary of the Commissioner of Education $3,000.00 Commis-
Ed-
For the contingent expenses of the Commis- Dention and
Contingent
sioner of Education 300.00 Fund
County School Superintendents.
For the salaries of three County School Super- County
intendents $3,600.00 ;Oliloi:"tlega'jlits
For the contingent expenses of three County Contingent
School Superintendents 1,500.00 fund
For the annual appropriation to the School Fund 132,000.00 a litouoall F
For the interest on bonds of the School Fund.. . 10,727.10 Interest
ouilid
School Fund For the interest on certificates of indebtedness Delaware
to Delaware College 4,980.00 College Int.
For the Trustees of Delaware College, (United CDoelllaewgea re
States Government appropriation) 40,000.00
4
56 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Delaware For the Trustees of Delaware College, (United
College States Government appropriation, Smith-
Lever Act) $12,562.00
Chair of For the Trustees of Delaware College, (Chair of
History History) 2,500.00
Summer For the Trustees of Delaware College for the
School maintenance of the Summer School for Teach-ers
2,500.00
Delaware For the Trustees of Delaware College for the
College maintenance of said College 14,000.00
Women's For the Trustees of Delaware College for the
Affiliated
College payment of certain notes with respect to the
Women's Affiliated College 29,890.00
Interest on For the Trustees of Delaware College in pay-notes
ment of the interest on certain notes with re-spect
to Women's Affiliated College 1,260.00
Trustees of For the Trustees of Delaware College for the
Delaware
College maintenance of the Women's Affiliated College 26,283.00
State Col- For the Trustees of the State College for colored
lege for Col-ored
Stu- students, (United States Government appro-dents
priation) 10,000.00
For itn- For the Trustees of the State School for Colored
provements Students, for the improvements of buildings
and grounds 3,000.00
Suhoolmmer For the Trustees of the State College for Colored Sc for
SCtouldoerendts Students for the holding of summer schools. 500.00
Free graded For the State Treasurer to carry out the provi-schools
sions of Section 2312, Revised Code, relating
to free graded schools 22,000.00
Normal For the County School Commissioners to carry Schools
out the provisions of 2301, Revised Code, re-lating
to the education of teachers at Normal
Schools 2,500.00
eWrah iIten sTtietnucthe- For the State Treasurer for the payment of ex-penses
of white Teachers' Institutes 450.00
TCeoalocrheedr s' For the State Treasurer for the payment of ex-
Institute penses of colored Teachers' Institutes 150.00
LAWS OF DELAWARE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
For the State Treasurer for the payment of ex-penses
of the State Board of Education
For the State Treasurer for the payment of the
expenses of the County School Commissions
For the Chairman of the Committee on Travel-ing
Libraries of the State Federation of Wo-men's
Clubs for the establishment of travel-ing
libraries
For free libraries in school districts
For the Board and tuition of indigent, deaf,
dumb, blind and idiotic children
For the special improvement of colored schools
as provided by law
For the Trustees of the State College for Colored
Students (summer special) as provided by
law
Charities and Eleemosynary Institutions.
For the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst,
general maintenance $75,000.00
For the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst
(amusement fund)
For the Delaware Industrial School for Girls...
For St. Michaels Day Nursery and Hospital for
Babies
For the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children
For the Delaware Commission for the Blind
For the Delaware Commission for the Blind,
(for apprentices)
For the burial of indigent soldiers, sailors and
marines
For the proper observance of Memorial Day
For the Old Porks' Home at Dover
For the Soldiers' Rest Room at Delaware City
County
1,000.00
School
Commission
Traveling
libraries
57
100.00
350.00 District
School
Libraries
Indigent
deaf. dumb.
12,000.00 blind
andcidihotici l-dren
Colored 1,750.00 schools
Summer
School
State College
for Colored
1,000.00 Students
State
Hospital
500.00
3,000.00 Industrial
500.00 aDna d, HNousprsietarly
Cruelty to
Children
900.00
3,000.00*Foormgesalltad
500.00
Burial of in-digent
sal-
750.00 diers and
1,000.00 Day
1,500.00 alodmorolks'
200 00 rest room
State Board
of Education
$2,000.00
58 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Preservation and Publication of Hostorical Records
Public
Archives
Historical
Society
For the expenses of the Public Archives Com-mission
For the Public Archives Commission for compil-ing
and publishing Delaware Archives
For the Hostorical Society of Delaware
Improvement of Public Highways.
Public High- For the improvement of the public highways in
ways in New
Castle Co. New Castle County $10,000.00
In Kent Co. For the improvement of the public highways in
Kent County 10,000.00
In Sussex Co. For the improvement of the public highways in
Sussex County 10,000.00
Salary of For the salary of the State Highway Commis- Highway
sCtoomnemr ios-f New sioner of New Castle County 1,000.00
Castle CO.
Public Health.
Stfate
Board For the expenses of the State Board of Health $2,500.00 o Health
Vital For the expenses of the Bureau of Vital Sta- Statistics tistics 2,000.00
State For the Pathological and Bacteriological Lab-laboratory
oratory 3,500.00
Anil-toxin For the purchase and distribution of diphtheria
anti-toxin 500.00
Tuberculosis For the State Tuberculosis Commission to de- Commission fray the expenses of the said Commission 15,000.00
Colored For the State Tuberculosis Commission to pro- consu in ptIves
vide for the care of colored consumptives 5,000.00
ACfoeudniccnili For the Medical Council of Delaware 300.00
State Board
of Pharmacy For the State Board of Pharmacy 250.00
$1,000.00
2,000.00
300.00
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 59
APPROPRIATIONS.
Agriculture.
For the State Board of Agriculture for the pay-ment
of the expenses of said Board
For the State Live Stock Sanitary Board
For the State Board of Immigration
For the State Board of Agriculture for the en-couraging
of the breeding of poultry
For the Peninsular Horticultural Society
For Farmers' Institutes and to defray the inci-dental
expenses of holding such institutes
For the Delaware Corn Growers' Association
For Delaware College Experimental Farm
Public Defense.
For the salary of the Adjutant Genera/
For the salary of the Clerk to the Adjutant
General
For the National Guard of Delaware for the ex-penses
of providing uniforms and equipment
For the National Guard of Delaware for the
maintenance thereof
For the National Guard of Delaware for the ex-penses
of field practice
Interest on Bonded Indebtedness.
For the interest on the issue of 1907, Farmers
Bank, Dover
For the interest on the issue of 1907, Farmers
Bank, Wilmington
For the interest on the issue of 1907, Farmers
Bank, Wilmington
For the interest on the issue of 1909, Farmers
Bank, Wilmington
State Board
of Agricul-
$5,000.00 tore
Live Stock 5,000.00 Sanitary
Board
1,000.00 Board of
Immigration
300.0011,71111g
1,000.00 lioocii.eviturn1
Farmers'
Institute
600.00
500.00 Corn Grow-ers
Ass'n
5,000.00 Experimental
Farm
$1,200.00GAned iurtaa eInt-nd
clerk
600.00
. -'1111!1)1111oetiiill 2,500.uu Guard and
maintenance
5,000.00
Field
practice
8,000.00
Interest to
Farmers'
$9,200.00 Bank. Dover
NVilmington
1,600.00
800.00
400.00
APPROPRIATIONS.
Philadelphia For the interest on the issue of 1897, Philadel- Nat'l Bank
phia National Bank
For interest on certificate of indebtedness,
Sinking fund (sinking fund)
Miscellaneous School Appropriations.
sMchisocoell laanpe-o us For the Lewes Board of Education $887.40
propriations For the Frankford Board of Education 184.80
For the Rehoboth Beach High School 52.60
For the Wyoming Board of Education 175.80
For the Alexis I. du Pont School 105.60
For the Millville High School 447.00
For the Newark Board of Education 155.40
For the Seaford Graded School District 518.40
For the Mt. Pleasant District No. 2 192.00
For the Wilmington Board of Education 4,638.30
Extraordinary Expenses.
SNteawtea rAk rmory For the State Armory at Newark $13,500.00
CRoevmismeids siCoond e For the Revised Code Commission, for compen-sation
of members 25,000.00
cToumbemrcisusliooants For the Delaware State Tuberculosis Commis-sion
(balance due) for hospital for colored
patients 6,585.00
SDtoavtee rA rmory For the State Armory at Dover (balance due) 158.30
Portraits For the payment of portraits of prominent Dela-wareans
for the State House 769.60
dSetactoer aHtinogu se For the Commission for decorating the State
Commission house 3,575.00
Public land For the Public Lands Commission 159.23
Portrait of
Governor For the portrait of the Governor of Delaware 200.00
ADcrta inage For appropriations under the Drainage Act 2,000.00
60 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
$7,350.00
800.00
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 61
APPROPRIATIONS.
Miscellaneous.
For the compensation of Assessors
For the Governor's Conference
For the Delaware State Fair
For the printing of the Revised Code
For the extraordinary expense of State Live
Stock Sanitary Board for the year 1914
For the Battle of Gettysburg Commission
For the Public Lands Commission
For the compensation for Andrew C. Gray, for-mer
Attorney General (5% commission on
sale of securities)
For the Women's Affiliated College for extra-ordinary
expenses
For the Robbins' Hose Company, Dover, Dela-ware
For the Oyster Revenue Collector for planting
posts, according to law
For purchase of watch boat
For commission on vocational education
For special appropriation for interest on loan of
Delaware Industrial School for Girls, without
further guaranty for the payment of principal
of said loan or for further interest charges
thereon
Section 2. If the estimated revenues of the State of
Delaware shall prove to be insufficient for the payment of
the several appropriations provided for herein, to provide Idnficre of
for casual deficiencies of revenue for said fiscal year, and 1.:vntug
in order that the appropriations hereinabove enumerated Authorize
may be promptly paid, the State Treasurer is hereby author- itrnetre tTorirnie
ized to issue notes or certificates of indebtedness of the ciIrdnre'rnses°1
State of Delaware to such an amount as he shall, by and Novf tavceortnle:rtit
with the consent of the Governor and the Secretary of State, tnry of State
and Score-
$600.00 Assessors
Governor's
150.00 Conference
5,000.00 state Fair
5,000.00 ting
Rev I sed Code
Prin
Live Stock
14,700.00 trilirts ry
1,050.00 goemttynalbsusirgrn
500.00 Commission
Public Land
Andrew C.
Gray
2,500.00
Women's
3,225.00
College
Robbins
250.00
Bose Co.
Oyster Rev-enue
Col-
300.00 lector
7,000.0,0 Watch Boat Vocational
100.VO Education
Commission
Interest on
loan to In-dustrial
School for
Girls
2,500.00
Notes shall
be signed
and Great
Seal affixed
deem necessary to meet and to pay any of said appropria-tions,
or any part of any of said approprations, as to which
the revenues of the State of Delaware for the fiscal year
aforesaid may prove to be insufficient, not, however, to ex-ceed
the sum of fifty thousand dollars. The said notes
or certificates of indebtedness shall be in such denomina-tions,
and have such form as the Governor, the Secretary
of State, and the State Treasurer may determine, and shall
be payable at any period riot exceeding one year from the
date of the issuance thereof out of any moneys in the treas-ury
of the State not otherwise appropriated. The said notes
or certificates of indebtedness shall be numbered consebu-tively,
and shall be dated the first day of October 1915. The
principal of said notes or certificates of indebtedness shall
be payable at the Farmers Bank, at Dover, on the date of
their maturity upon presentation thereat and surrender
thereof.
The said notes or certificates of indebtedness shall be
signed by the Governor, the Secretary of State, and the
State Treasurer for and on behalf of the State, and shall
have the great seal of the State of Delaware impressed
thereon or affixed thereto.
A commis- Section 3. The Governor, the State Treasurer and the
Rion to dis-pose
of notes Secretary of State shall constitute a Commission to nego-tiate
and arrange for the sale or disposition of said notes or
certificates of indebtedness.
Moneys from Section 4. That all moneys received by the State Trees- sale of notes
shall be ap- urer from the sale of the said notes or certificates of in- plied to the
several ap- debtedness by this Act authorized to be issued, shall be, and propriations
only they are hereby specially pledged and appropriated to and
for the payment of the several appropriations, or any part
or portion thereof hereinabove enumerated and set forth, as
to which the revenues of the State for the said fiscal year
Proviso may prove to be insufficient; provided, however, if, for
the payment of said appropriations it shall be necessary to
sell said notes or certificates of indebtedness, or any of
62 LAWS OF DkAWARE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Sum not to
exceed fifty
thousand
dollars
Payable at
any period
not exceed-ing
one year
Shall be
numbered
Date
Payafflo at
Farmer's
Dank, Dover
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 63
APPROPRIATIONS.
them, and there shall remain a balance in the hands of the
State Treasurer derived from said sale of said notes or
certificates of indebtedness, after the said appropriations
shall have been paid, then such balance is hereby appro- iBnitloanZgr
priated and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and fund
directed to pay such balance into the sinking fund of the
State of Delaware.
Section 5. That the public faith of the State of Dela- ptIg":d
ware is hereby pledged for the full and complete payment of
the principal and interest of the notes or certificates of
indebtedness authorized by this Act, and said notes or
certificates of indebtedness shall be, and the same are ex-empted
from taxation for any purposes by this State.
Section 6. That all expenses incident to the advertis- rnxgrTis
ing, preparation, the issuing and delivering of said notes
or certificates of indebtedness shall be allowed to the said
State Treasurer, and shall be paid by him out of any money
in the treasury of the State not otherwise appropriated upon
the production and exhibition by the said State Treasurer
of the necessary vouchers thereof as by law required with Lou Wauce
reference to other disbursements of the public fund.
Approved March 29, A. D. 1915.
Est 'mated
State
Revenue
Clerks of the PeaceLicenses and Fees $160,000.00
RailroadsState Tax 112,000.00
Insurance and Banking Department 75,000.00
Interest on Mortgages 11,550.00
Telegraph and Telephone Companies 16,000.00
Express Companies 2,500.00
Department of Secretary of State 185,800.00
Corporations $100,000.00
Civil Commissions 800.00
Automobiles 55,000.00
Fees 30,000.00
Manufacturers of Steam, Gas and Electricity.. 1,000.00
Franchise Taxes from Corporations 100,000.00,
Collateral Inheritance Tax 10,000.00
64 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
CHAPTER 23.
STATE REVENUE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
AN ACT making Appropriations for the Expenses of the State Govern-ment,
other than Legislative expenses, for the fiscal year ending
on Monday immediately preceding the second Tuesday in January,
In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventeen,
and authorizing the borrowing of money to supply casual deficlen.
cies of Revenue for said fiscal year, and the Issuance of notes or
certificates of indebtedness to secure the payment thereof.
WHEREAS, appropriations have been made heretofore
without a knowledge of the probable yearly revenues of the
State; and
WHEREAS, the anticipated revenues of the State of Dela-ware
for the fiscal year ending on Monday immediately pre-ceding
the second Tuesday in January, in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, are as fol-lows:
3
Therefore, be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-resentatives
of the State of Delaware in Genera/ Assembly
met:
Section 1. That the several amounts named in this Act, Estimated
or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appro. Foirs=r-priated
and authorized to be paid out of the treasury of this ze
State to the respective public officers of the respective de-partments
and divisions of Government, and for the several
purposes hereinafter specified, for the current fiscal year
ending on Monday immediately preceding the second Tues-day
of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and seventeen ; provided, however, that all parts or
portions of the several sums appropriated by this Act which,
on said Monday immediately preceding said second Tues-day
of January, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and seven-teen,
shall not have been paid out of the treasury, shall be Unexpended
returned to the general fund of the treasury. The said 1rnegrerYier tboe
several sums hereby appropriated are as follows, viz. : tFhuen dG eneral
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Governor.
For the Governor for salary $4,000.00 Governor
For the contingent expenses of the Governor's
office 1,200.00
LAWS OF DELAWARE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
65
Sales of Laws and Codes $500.00
Sales of Rules of Court 500.00
U. S. Government appropriation to Colleges 50,000.00
Sale of Delaware Archives 200.00
DividendsNational Bank of Delaware 400.00
Fines and Forfeitures 25.00
U. S. Government Appropriation, Smith-Lever
Act 12,347.00
Miscellaneous 300.00
Amount refunded under the Drainage Act 2,000.00
66 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
Department
of the Sec-retary
of
State
Treasury
Department
Auditor of
Accounts
APPROPRIATIONS.
Lieutenant Governor
Lieutenant For the Lieutenant Governor for salary as mem- Governor
ber of the Board of Pardons
Department of the Secretary of State.
For the Secretary of State for salary $4,000.00
For the salary of Stenographer and Typewriter
for the Governor and Secretary of State 1,200.00
For the salary of three Clerks for the Secretary
of State 1,800.00
For the contingent expenses of the office of the
Secretary of State 3,000.00
For the official bond of the Secretary of State 50.00
Treasury Department.
For the salary of the State Treasurer
For the salary of the Deputy State Treasurer
For the contingent expenses of the office of State
Treasurer
Auditor of Accounts.
For the salary of the Auditor of Accounts
For the salary of Deputy Auditor of Accounts
For the contingent expenses of the office of Au-ditor
of Accounts
Department of Insurance and Banking.
Insurance
and Drinking For the salary of the Insurance Commissioner $2,000.00
Department For the salary of Clerk as provided by Chapter
99 of Volume 22, Laws of Delaware 600.00
$100.00
$3,000.00
1,200.00
600.00
$2,000.00
1,200.00
500.00
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 67
APPROPRIATIONS.
For the salary of Clerk as provided by Chapter
330, of Volume 22, Laws of Delaware $500.00
For the contingent expenses of the Department
of Insurance and Banking 1,200.00
The State Library.
For the salary of State Librarian $1,200.00 Erregtyat
For the contingent expenses of the office of State
Librarian 250.00
For the purchase of new books 500.00
State Library Commission.
For the appropriation for regular expenses $3,000.00 State Library
For contingent expenses 200.00
Game and Fish Commissioner.
For the salary of Chief Game and Fish Warden. $600.00 Game and
For enforcing Uniform Fish Law 200.00 gOsmilmisslon
Oyster Revenue Collector.
For the salary of Oyster Revenue Collector
For the salary of officers and crew of Watch
Boat for the protection of oysters
For the contingent expenses of the office of Oys-ter
Revenue Collector
State Revenue Collector.
For the salary of State Revenue Collector $1,200.00 gitlautee For the contingent expenses of the State Rev- lector
enue Collector 600.00
$700.00 Oyster Rev-enue
Depart-ment
2,340.00
100.00
68 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
State's PropertyInsurance and Care of.
State Prop-erty,
insur-ance
and
care of
For the salary of Janitor of the State House $500.00
For the salary of assistant Janitor of the State
House 400.00
For the salary of one night Janitor of the State
House 500.00
For heat, light, and repairs for State House 2,000.00
For water rent for State House and Armory 112.50
For insurance on all of the State property for
the year 1916 5,375.00
Child Labor Commission.
Child Labor For the contingent expenses of the Child Labor Commission
Commission $1,000.00
For the salary of Child Labor Inspector 1,800.00
For the salary of the Ten Hour Law Inspector 1,000.00
Cannery
Spector
Cannery Inspector.
In- For the salary of Cannery Inspector $1,000.00
For the contingent expenses of the Cannery In-spector
500.00
For the expense of Supervisors of Institutions 100.00
For the salaries of Automobile Inspectors 900.00
Board of State Supplies.
Board of For the printing fund $13,000.00
State Sup-plies
For the contingent expenses of the Board of
State Supplies 100.00
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Chancellor.
Chancellor For the salary of the Chancellor $5,000.00
For the Chancellor for reporting 200.00
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 69
APPROPRIATIONS.
For the salary of Stenographer to the Chancellor $1,200.00
For the contingent expenses of the Court of
Chancery 200.00
Chief Justice.
For the salary of the Chief Justice $5,000.00 Chief Justice
Associate Judges.
For the salaries of the Associate Judges $19,200.000 Associate
Associate Judge Resident in Kent County.
For the Associate Judge resident in Kent County, JAusdsogcei atree st-for
reporting $200.00 Ponuttlyn
Kent
Court Stenographer.
For the salary of the Court Stenographer
For transcripts for the Supreme Court, and
Assistant Stenographer
Judicial Reports.
For William H. Boyce for 100 copies of Boyce's
Delaware Reports, Volume 5
For Charles M. Curtis, for 100 copies of his
reports as Chancellor
Attorney General
For the salary of the Attorney General
For the salary of the Deputy Attorney General
for New Castle County
For the salary of Deputy Attorney General for
Kent County
$2,000.00 Court Sten-ographer
1,400.00
Judicial Re-ports
$1,000.00
800.00
$2,501100
Attorney
Gene
Deputies
1,000.00
500.00
70 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
For the salary of Deputy Attorney General for
Sussex County $500.00
fCuonndt ingent For the contingent expenses for the Attorney
General 2,500.00
tSivtaetse Detec- For salaries for three State Detectives 3,600.00
Requisition For the actual expenses in serving requisition
Papers papers 500.00
EDUCATION.
Commissioner of Education.
Commis- For the salary of the Commissioner of Education $3,000.00 Moller of
Education For the contingent expenses of the Commis-sioner
of Education 300.00
County School Superintendents.
County For the salaries of three County School Super-
School
Su perinten- intendents $3,600.00
dents Contin-gent
Fund For the contingent expenses of three County
School Superintendents 1,500.00
Annual
chool Fund For the annual appropriation to the School Fund 132,000.00
S
Interelst Fund
Schoo on For the interest on bonds of the School Fund . . 10,727.10
Delaware For the interest on certificates of indebtedness
College in-terest
to Delaware College 4,980.00
Delawere For the Trustees of Delaware College, (United
College States Government appropriation) 40,000.00
Delaware For the Trustees of Delaware College, (United
College
Smith-Lever States Government appropriation, Smith-
Act Lever Act) 14,694.00
Chair of For the Trustees of Delaware College, (Chair of History History) 2,500.00
Summer For the Trustees of Delaware College for the School maintenance of the Summer School for Teach-ers
2,500.00
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 71
APPROPRIATIONS.
For the Trustees of Delaware College for the Delaware
College
maintenance of said College $14,000.00
For the Trustees of Delaware College for the
payment of certain notes with respect to the
Women's Affiliated College 29,890.00
For the Trustees of Delaware College in pay-ment
of the interest on certain notes with re-spect
to Women's Affiliated College
For the Trustees of Delaware College for the
maintenance of the Women's Affiliated College
For the Trustees of the State College for col-ored
students, (United States Government ap-propriation)
For the Trustees of the State School for Colored
Students, for the improvement of buildings
and grounds
For the Trustees of the State College for Colored
Students for the holding of summer schools.
For the State Treasurer to carry out the provi-sions
of Section 2312, Revised Code, relating
to free graded schools
For the State Treasurer for the payment of ex-penses
of white Teachers' Institutes
For the State Treasurer for the payment of ex-penses
of colored Teachers' Institutes
For the State Treasurer for the payment of ex-penses
of the State Board of Education
For the State Treasurer for the payment of the
expenses of the County School Commissions.
For the Chairman of the Committee on Travel- Traveling
Libraries ing Libraries of the State Federation of Wo-men's
Clubs for the establishment of travel-ing
libraries 100.00 Sehool dis-
For free libraries in school districts 350.00 1=41,1s-
Indigent For the board and tuition of indigent deaf, den f, du mb,
blind and
dumb, blind and idiotic children 12,000.00 kdirleoIln c
chit-
Women's
Affiliated
College
Interest on
note for
Women's
Affiliated 630.00 College
Maintenance
Women's 17,306.00 Affiliated
College
State College
for Colored
Students
10,000.00
Improve-ments
to
State Colored
School
3,000.00
Summer
School for 500.00 Colored Stu-dents
For graded
free schools
22,000.00
White Tea-chers'
450.00 institutes
Colored Tea-chers'
Inst I-
150.00 tutes
State Board
of Education
2,000.00
County
School Com-
1,000.00 mission
72 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Colored For the special improvement of colored schools
schools as provided by law $1,750.00
Summer For the Trustees of the State College for Colored school
State Col- Students (summer special), as provided by loge for Col-ored
Students law 1,000.00
Charities and Eleemosynary Institutions.
State Hos- For the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst, pital general maintenance $75,000.00
Amusement For the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst, fund (amusement fund) 500.00
Industrial For the Delaware Industrial School for Girls 3,000.00
school
Day Nursery For St. Michaels Day Nursery and Hospital for
and Hospital Babies 500.00
gri nlgn to For the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children 900.00
fCoorm thmei sBsiloinnd For the Delaware Commission for the Blind 3,000.00
For the Delaware Commission for the Blind, (for
apprentices) 500.00
dBlugreinalt of in- For the burial of indigent soldiers, sailors and
ssaoilldoiresr s and marines 750.00
Memorial For the proper observance of Memorial Day 1,000.00 Day
Old Folks For the Old Folks' Home at Dover 1,500.00 Home at
Dover For the Soldiers' Rest Room at Delaware City 200.00 Soldiers Rest
itoom at Del-aware
City
Preservation and Publication of Historical Records.
Public Arch- For the expenses of the Public Archives Commis-
Ives son
For the Public Archives Commission for com-piling
and publishing Delaware Archives.
Historical For the Historical Society of Delaware Society
$1,000.00
2,000.00
300.00
In Sussex
Count y
10,000.00
Highway
Commissioner
1,000.00 of New Castle
County
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 73
APPROPRIATIONS.
Improvement of Public Highways.
For the improvement of the public highways in
New Castle County $10,000.00 Castle County
Public High-ways
in New
For the improvement of the public highways in In Kent
County
Kent County 10,000.00
For the improvement of the Public highways in
Sussex County
For the salary of the State Highway Commis-sioner
of New Castle County
Public Health.
For the expenses of the State Board of Health $2,500.00 of Health
State Board
For the expenses of the Bureau of Vital Statis- Vital Statis-tics
2,000.00 "es
For the Pathological and Bacteriological labora- State Labor-tory
3,500.00 story
For the purchase and distribution of diphtheria Anti-toxin
antitoxin 500.00
For the State Tuberculosis Commission to defray Tuberculosis
Commission the expenses of the said Commission 15,000.00
For the State Tuberculosis Commission to pro- Colored con-s
vide for the care of colored consumptives 5,000.00
umptiV054
For the Medical Council of Delaware 300.00ieCNdoui1ennc1i l
For the State Board of Pharmacy 250.00 State Board
of Pharmacy
Agriculture.
For the State Board of Agriculture for the pay- State Board
of Agricul- ment of the expenses of said Board $5,000.00 lure
Live Stock For the State Live Stock Sanitary Board 5,000.00 Saliotni irtg ry
For the State Board of Immigration 1,000.00 Board of
Imigration For the State Board of Agriculture for the en- Poultry
couraging of the breeding of poultry 300.00 breeding
For the Peninsular Horticultural Society 1,000.00 sHooegtlycult urnl
74 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Farmers' In- For Farmers' Institutes and to defray the inci-
Corn
stItutes
dental expenses of holding such institutes....
Growers' For the Delaware Corn Growers' Association.. Association
Experimental For Delaware College Experimental Farm.... Farm
Public Defense.
$600.00
500.00
5,000.00
Adjutant For the salary of the Adjutant-General $1,200.00 General
and Clerk For the salary of the Clerk to the Adjutant-
General 600.00
National For the National Guard of Delaware for the ex- Guard
Equipment of penses of providing uniforms and equipment. 2,500.00 and maInte-
111111Ce For the National Guard of Delaware for the
maintenance thereof 5,000.00
pFriealcdt ice For the National Guard of Delaware for the ex-penses
of field practice 8,000.00
Interest on Bonded Indebtedness.
FInterest
armers to For the interest on the issue of 1907, Farmers
Bank, Dover Bank, Dover $9,200.00
Wilmington For the interest on the issue of 1907, Farmers
Bank, Wilmington 1,600.00
Wilmington For the interest on the issue of 1907, Farmers
Bank, Wilmington 800.00
Wilmington For the Interest on the issue of 1909, Farmers
Bank, Wilmington 400.00
Philadelphia For the interest on the issue of 1897, Philadel- Nut lutial
phia National Bank 7,350.00
Sinking fund For interest on certificate of indebtedness, (sink-ing
fund) 800.00
Miscellaneous.
For drainage For appropriations under the Drainage Act.... $2,000.00
Elections For the Department of Elections 4,300.00
Itegistration For the compensation for Registration Officers. 15,000.00 Officers
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 75
APPROPRIATIONS.
For the compensation for Assessors
For the Governor's Conference
For the Delaware State Fair
For the Trustees of Delaware College, extra-ordinary
expenses
For the extraordinary expense of State Live
Stock Sanitary Board
For the Aetna Hose Company, Newark, Dela-ware
For the Auditing Committee of the Legislature
For furnishing the Newark Armory
For carrying into effect the provisions of the
Consolidated Schools Act
For special appropriation for interest on loan
of Delaware Industrial School for Girls, with-out
further guaranty for the payment of
principal of said loan or for further interest
charges thereon
$600.00 Assessors
150.00 Governor's
Conference
5,000.00 state Fair
Delaware
College, ex-
25,000.00 traordinary
Live Stock
Sanitary
15,000.00 Board,
traordinary
ex-
Hose Com-
500.00 pa"' Newark
Legislative
1,000.00 Auditing
Committee
1,500.00 Armory
Newark
Consolidated
3,000.00 Schools Act
Interest on
loan to In-dustrial
School for
Girls
2,500.00
Section 2. If the estimated revenues of the State of ILIgyierg.
Delaware shall prove to be insufficient for the payment of canes
the several appropriations provided for herein, to provide
for casual deficiencies of revenue for said fiscal year, and in
order that the appropriations hereinabove enumerated may
be promptly paid, the State Treasurer is hereby authorized tou tbhoorrriozievd
to issue notes or certificates of indebtedness of the State of money if
necessary Delaware to such an amount as he shall, by and with the con-sent
of the Governor and the Secretary of State, deem neces-sary
to meet and to pay any of said appropriations, or any
part of any of said appropriations, as to which the revenues
of the State of Delaware for the fiscal year aforesaid may
prove to be insufficient, not, however, to exceed the sum of iliiirtuol"
fifty thousand dollars. The said notes or certificates of amount
indebtedness shall be in such denominations, and have such °Melnik; to
and
form as the Governor, the Secretary of State, and the State form ettetite
Treasurer may determine, and shall be payable at any period tbiao liles of
not exceeding one year from the date of the issuance thereof when
out of any moneys in the treasury of the State not otherwise Payable
76 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
appropriated. The said notes or certificates of indebtedness
Date of issue shall be numbered consecutively, and shall be dated the first
rp day ofo fO icntdoebbetre d1n91e6ss. shTahlel bper inpacyipaabll eo fa ts athide nFoatrems eorrs cBeratnifki-,
turIty at Dover, on the date of their maturity upon presentation
thereat and surrender thereof.
Officers to
sign and
affix Great
Seal
Commission
for disposal
of notes
The said notes or certificates of indebtedness shall be
signed by the Governor, the Secretary of State, and the State
Treasurer for and on behalf of the State, and shall have the
great seal of the State of Delaware, impressed thereon or
affixed thereto.
Section 3. The Governor, the State Treasurer and the
Secretary of State shall constitute a Commission to negotiate
and arrange for the sale or disposition of said notes or
certificates of indebtedness.
All moneys Section 4. That all moneys received by the State Treas- received
from sale of urer from the sale of the said notes or certificates of in- notes are
specially debtedness by this Act authorized to be issued, shall be, and
I) ledged they are hereliw specially pledged and appropriated to and
for the payment of the several appropriations, or any part
or portion thereof hereinabove enumerated and set forth, as
to which the revenues of the State for the said fiscal year
Proviso may prove to be insufficient; provided, however, if, for the
payment of said appropriations it shall be necessary to sell
said notes or certificates of indebtedness, or any of them,
and there shall remain a balance in the hands of the State
Treasurer derived from said sale of said notes or certificates
of indebtedness, after the said appropriations shall have
Balance, If been paid, then such balance is hereby appropriated and the
any, to go to
sinking fund State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay
such balance into the sinking fund of the State of Delaware.
l;'nith of the Section 5. That the public faith of the State of Dela- Stnte
pledged ware is hereby pledged for the full and complete payment of
the principal and interest of the notes or certificates of
indebtedness authorized by this Act, and said notes or certi
erupted from
-
Notes ex- ficates of indebtedness shall be, and the same are exempted
tax from taxation for any purposes by this State.
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 77
APPROPR/ATIONS.
Section 6. That all expenses incident to the advertis-ing
preparation, the issuing and delivering of said notes net es u rer
or certificates of indebtedness shall be allowed to the said
State Treasurer, and shall be paid by him out of any money
in the treasury of the State not otherwies appropriated upon
the production and exhibition by the said State Treasurer
of the necessary vouchers thereof as by law required with Lou grgu ce
reference to other disbursements of the public fund.
Approved March 29, A. D. 1915.
Appropria-tions
for
paying
claims
against
State
Section 1. That the several sums of money hereinafter
named are hereby appropriated out of the treasury of this
State for the purpose of paying the claims hereinafter men-tioned.
and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and
directed to pay the same as follows :
Mercantile Printing Company $72.00
Frank L. Speakman and P. L. Garrett Depart-ment
of Elections 200.00
Aaron Paskins 88.00
Mabel Moore 125.00
The Index 11.75
The Index 3.85
The Index 10.00
Ellis M. Armstrong Legislative Auditor 350.00
Charles H. Simmons " Id 450.00
Newark Post 58.75
Newark Post 38.75
Newark Post 36.00
State Sentinel Publishing Co. 114.00
N. B. Register 8.00
John D. Carter 6.00
L. W. Lovett 4.00
George E. M. Stengle 10.00
78 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
CHAPTER 24.
STATE REVENUE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
AN ACT appropriating certain money out of the State Treasury of
the State of Delaware to pay certain Claims Against the State.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 79
APPROPRIATIONS.
A. G. Cox $10.00
Henry S. Anthony 14.00
Soldiers Rest Room 100.00
Julian B. Robinson 203.25
The Advance Company, Inc. 61.50
Charles M. Smith 324.95
Trustees of St. Pauls African M. E. Church,
Milford 25.00
Melvin Hopkins 19.00
Wilbur D. Wilds 39.50
William S. Smith 32.00
Pennewill Rash 38.00
James Kerin 38.00
Thomas A. Kirby 6.00
Harvey B. Riggs 24.70
Milford Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc 42.55
The Evening Journal Publishing Co. 1.44
T. K. Jones & Brother Co 2.44
T. K. Jones & Brother Co 21.73
The Delaware Republican 2,290.90
Thomas A. Hughey 10.00
Aaron L. Amundson 25.00
William S. Ferri11 25.00
Thomas A. Waples 25.00
Thomas Wilson 25.00
The Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford. . 11.00
Charles Zanders 7.25
Charles H. Simmons, Levy Court Examination. 11.18
George A. Hill, Levy Court Examination 5.00
Ellis M. Armstrong, Levy Court Examination 2.58
Margaret E. Benson, Rent of Typewriter 15.00
Lillie M. Ray, Rent of Typewriter 15.00
H. R. Martindale, Rent of Typewriter 15.00
Olive M. Roach, Rent of Typewriter 15.00
Mollie M. Hirons, Rent of Typewriter 15.00
Margaret G. Horn, Rent of Typewriter 15.00
John Behen, Jr., & Co 30.40
State Sentinel Publishing Co. 130.00
The Delaware Republican 10.00
Jessup Kay 19.75
80 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The Diamond State Telephone Co $5.65
The Diamond State Telephone Co 8.96
Charles I. Joseph 25.00
Starling & Wise 923.30
Thomas W. Wilson 208.80
Milford Light and Water Commission 410.00
Milford Light and Water Commission 244.37
Thomas N. Rawlins 100.00
William S. Hilles, Expenses, in re Conference
New Jersey Fish Commission 89.39
William S. Hilles, Services, in re COnference
New Jersey Fish Commission 50.00
John F. LeFevre 50.00
Joseph King 50.00
United States Corporation Company in re Gulf
State Telephone Company 20.00
Elmer I. Abbott 5.00
Robert Smith 75.00
Horace T. Pembleton 75.00
Charles M. Wharton-Expenses at Farnhurst 2.40
Harry J. Anderson-Expenses at Farnhurst 2.40
William H. Evans-Expenses at Farnhurst 1.00
Charles M. Wharton-Expenses at Rehoboth 3.05
Harvey Hoffecker-Expenses at Rehoboth 3.05
Harry J. Anderson-Expenses at Rehoboth 3.05
Charles H. Grantland-Expenses a,t Rehoboth 3.05
William H. Evans-Expenses at Rehoboth 3.05
T. K. Jones & Brother Co 99.35
H. Clifford Sinclair 62.50
Glen Edwards 101.23
Annie E. Watson 8.40
Charles M. Smith 3.10
Albert Bucher 2.25
Charles L. Story 2.25
Charles L. Story 3.75
'Charles W. Bush 9.86
George E. King 9.75
M. Megary & Son Co 33.75
Wilmington Automobile Co. 2.25
Glen Edwards 140.00
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 81
APPROPRIATIONS.
Glen Edwards $95.00
William J. Gibbons 10.00
Nathanial Pipino 47.00
The Diamond State Telephone Company 470.45
Wm. H. Horstman Company 35.00
Charles M. Smith 10.50
P. Edward Wooten 225.00
Peter T. Wright 100.00
The Dover Lumber & Milling Co 23.54
Harland M. Joseph-Expenses at Newark 2.61
Henry Williams-Expenses at Newark 3.00
Samuel J. Furniss-Expenses at Newark 2.61
Charles W. Mitchell-Expenses at Newark 2.61
Charles M. Wharton-Expenses at Newark 2.61
Harry J. Anderson-Expenses at Newark 2.61
Zachary T. Harris-Expenses at Newark .63
James B. Hickman-Expenses at Newark .62
John M. Walker-Expenses at Newark 1.00
Edward L. Jones-Expenses at Newark 2.25
Walter Roach-Expenses at Newark 4.55
Samuel L. Kenney-Expenses at Newark 4.83
Eli R. Hastings-Expenses at Newark 4.83
Hervey Hall-Expenses at Newark 1.85
Samuel Elliott-Expenses at Newark .68
Thomas W. Mabrey-Expenses at Newark 1.85
J. Seward Dailey-Expenses at Newark 3.00
Walter S. Leatherbury-Expenses at Newark .86
Thomas C. Salevan-Expenses at Newark 2.52
Gove S. Milbourne-Expenses at Newark 3.05
James F. Cubbage-Expenses at Newark 3.16
Frank M. Saulsbury-Expenses at Newark 2.25
Joseph G. Davis-Expenses at Newark 3.64
Henry C. Downward-Expenses at Newark .25
Walter Rash-Expenses at Newark .75
Albert F. Vaughan-Expenses at Newark .25
Frederick D. Bendler-Expenses at Newark .50
George W. Webster-Expenses at Newark 1.00
Harvey Williams-Expenses at Newark 1.00
Harry H. Hance-Expenses at Newark .62
Benjamin L. Dickey-Expenses at Newark 1.00
82 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
John F. Richards-Expenses at Newark $1.00
George A. Hill-Expenses at Newark 2.50
Charles M. Hoch-Expenses at Newark 3.50
George H. Carey-Expenses at Newark 2.51
Charles H. Grantland-Expenses at Newark .25
John W. Short-Expenses at Newark 4.24
Edward Hart-Expenses Child Labor Investiga-tion
1.94
Harvey Hoffecker-Expenses Child Labor In-vestigation
1.59
Frederick D. Bendler-Expenses Child Labor
Investigation 2.50
Harry Martindale-Expenses Child Labor In-vestigation
3.00
Charles M. Smith-Child Labor Commission 31.00
M. Megary & Son Co.-Child Labor Commission 38.00
Ford Realty Company-Child Labor Commis-sion
20.00
Victor Typewriter Company-Child Labor Com-mission
'7.50
H. R. Martindale 7.00
Wilmington Gas Company-Illegally Collected
Taxes 2,756.82
John D. Hawkins 200.00
W. E. Gunby-Extra Services 25.00
0. T. Baynard-Extra Services 25.00
Farmers Bank 1,086.57
J. S. Godwin 10.00
Thomas S. Webb 85.90
James B. Hickman 58.05
Harvey Hoffecker 54.85
Joseph Frazier 45.00
Oliver A. Newton 35.40
John A. Barnard 18.00
Zachary T. Harris 49.00
John M. Walker 76.90
Harry J. Anderson 85.50
Colen Ferguson 24.00
Harland M. Joseph 89.65
Samuel J. Furniss 74.15
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 83
APPROPRIATIONS.
Edward J. Hart $25.50
Thomas F. Gormley 58.05
Edward B. Carter 33.60
Charles W. Mitchell 91.05
Henry Williams 29.70
Frank Allen 42.15
Frederick D. Bendler 43.95
George H. Carey 15.00
James F. Cubbage 31.50
J. Seward Dailey 35.70
Ferdinand S. Daisey 73.65
Joseph G. Davis 39.30
Benjamin L. Dickey 67.05
Walter E. Donovan 44.70
Henry C. Downward 58.05
Samuel F. Elliott 58.05
William H. Evans 44.85
Hervey P. Hall 20.10
Harry H. Hance 43.50
Eli R. Hastings 47.55
George A. Hill 41.40
Charles M. Hoch 19.50
Samuel L. Kenney 47.55
Walter S. Leatherbury 29.55
Charles D. Lingo 53.55
Thomas W. Mabrey 39.75
Gove S. Milbourne 30.15
Walter Rash 58.05
John F. Richards 56.85
Walter Roach 45.75
Thomas C. Salevan 48.75
Frank M. Saulsbury 67.65
T. Bayard Schwatka 25.50
John W. Short 46.80
Albert F. Vaughan 58.05
John D. Warrington 74.55
George W. Webster 73.05
Harvey Williams 67.05
Charles H. Grantland 58.05
William G. Ramsey, Document Clerk 250.00
84 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
APPROPRIATIONS.
To Reimburse the Insurance Commissioner's
Contingent Fund and to be placed to the credit
of Contingent Fund on State Treasurer's Led-ger
for 1915
Approved March 18, A. D. 1915.
$400.00
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 85
STATE SUPPLIES.
CHAPTER 25.
STATE SUPPLIES.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 7 of the Revised Code of the State of
Delaware In respect to the Contingent Fund of Board of State
Supplies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That Chapter 7 of the Revised Code of the2c818,Apse7c.j..
State of Delaware be and the same is hereby amended by pealed
repealing 288 Section 7 thereof and inserting in lieu
thereof the following Section to be styled 288 Section 7:
288, Section 7. The sum of one hundred dollars is ap- itonnAingnt
propriated annually out of any money in the Treasury not gtoArd sof
otherwise appropriated, as a contingent fund for the use Dile: uP.
of said Board of State Supplies, to be used in payment for
stationery, postage, supplies and in the employment of a
person or persons possessing the necessary technical skill
to assist said Board in rendering more efficient the opera-tion
of the foregoing provisions, said funds to be properly
accounted for by vouchers accompanying the warrants Vouebere
drawn by said Board on said fund.
Approved March 12, A. D. 1915.
TITLE FOUR
Public Arms and Defense
CHAPTER 26.
ORGANIZED MILITIA OF DELAWARE,
AN ACT providing for the erection of a State Armory at New Castle.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
The Ar- Section 1. The Armory Commission, consisting of the mory CO-missionM
Governor, the State Treasurer, the Adjutant-General, Quar-termaster
General, and the Commanding Officer of Troops,
be, and it is hereby authorized and directed to secure by
gift, purchase or condemnation, a tract of ground at a suit-
Authorityit
to able place within the City of New Castle, said place to be secure se for Armory selected by said Armory Commission, and when such tract building, at
New Castle of ground is secured, the title to the same shall be taken
in the name of the State of Delaware. Upon the acquire-ment
of said title, as above provided, the Armory Commis-
T° PoY for sion is hereby authorized and empowered to draw its war- mine rants on the State Treasurer for the purchase price of said
tract of ground, and after the title has been properly vested
in the State of Delaware the Armory Commission shall
dPrlaawnsn tfoo r be have plans prepared for a suitable armory to be erected
Armory thereon. The cost of said armory and the site upon which
the same is to be erected, and all equipment, including
cost not to plumbing, lighting, heating and lockers, shall not exceed exceed
the aggregate sum of fifteen thousand dollars. And the
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 87
ORGANIZED MILITIA OF DELAWARE.
said sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or as much thereof as
may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of
this Act, is hereby appropriated out of the State Treasury,
to be paid by the State Treasurer upon warrants drawn by Ilroavfrtyge4n
the Armory Commission, subject to the limitations con-tamed
in Section 5 of this Act.
Section 2. That after plans have been prepared and ac-cepted
for the erection of said Armory, the Armory Commis-sion
shall advertise for bids and shall make an award for Advertise for bids the erection of said building to the lowest and most respon-sible
bidder, and when the contract is awarded, the success-ful
bidder shall enter into such contract as the Armory
Commission may require, and give bond for such an amount Contractor
as the Armory Commission may think necessary for the bOird"
proper enforcement of the contract. No money shall be
paid on account of said contract except upon certification
by the architect in charge that the work contracted to be
done is fifty per cent. completed, upon which the Armory
Commission shall pay to the contractor fifty per centum of How and
the contract price, the remaining fifty per centum to be Vsielreint°on-be
paid upon the completion and acceptance by the Armory ggiraTt1
Commission of the work to be done under said contract.
Section 3. That when such building has been completed
and accepted, all Government and State Military properties
Plitertneedd to°velr that the Military authorities of the State may desire shall viistanite
be stored in said building, and the use and occupation of 'ganization
said building shall be turned over to such State Military
organization as may be existing or might hereafter exist,
subject to the supervision of the proper military authorities
of the State.
Section 4. In case the said Armory Commission shall FlonndeemonnIn-for
any cause be unable to agree with the owner or owners ri,11(o3171:ral aP'
for the purchase of any lot or lots of ground selected by the
said Commission for the purpose aforesaid, any Judge of
the Superior Court upon application of the said Commis-sion,
shall issue a commission under his hand directed to
88 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
Records of
proceedings
to be made
Iii office of
Recorder
ORGANIZED MILITIA OF DELAWARE.
five impartial freeholders of New Castle County command-ing
them to view the premises and assess the damages which
the said owner or owners will sustain by reason of taking
of the said land for the purposes of this Act, taking into
consideration all the circumstances of benefit and detriment
to result to such owner or owners, and to make return in
writing of their proceedings to such Judge at a time in
said commission appointed. The said freeholders before
entering on the premises shall be sworn faithfully and
impartially to perform the duty assigned them and shall
give not less than five days' notice in writing to the owner
and occupier or agent in charge of the said premises and
to at least three members of the said Armory Commission
of the time when they will meet on said premises for the
purposes aforesaid, they, or a majority of them, shall assess
the damages as aforesaid and make return of their proceed-ings
as directed by said commission. And if the owner of
the said lands and premises so sought to be acquired as
aforesaid, be unknown or without the State, then such
notice shall be published in some newspaper in the City of
Wilmington at least five days prior to the time of said
meeting. Upon the application of the said Armory Com-mission,
or any owner or owners of such land to the Pro-thonotary
of the Superior Court of New Castle County he
may issue out a Writ of Ad Quod Damnum requiring the
Sheriff in the usual form to inquire of twelve impartial men
of his bailiwick of the damages as aforesaid, and their re-port
shall be final. And in case the owner or owners of
said land shall be incapable, unwilling or neglect or refuse
for five days after tender made to receive such damages,
the same shall be deposited to the credit of such owner or
owners in the Farmers Bank of Wilmington, and such de-posit
shall operate as a payment of said damages ; and upon
the confirmation of the return of the said Writ of Ad Quod
Damnum and the payment or deposit of the said damages
as aforesaid, the said Armory Commission shall cause to
be recorded in the Recorder's Office in and for New Castle
County the application, commission and return under which
said land may be condemned as aforesaid, together with the
receipts and certificate for the payment of said damages.
Commission
to make
return
Oath of
Commission
Notice in
writing to
owner or
occupier
When notice
shall he pub-lished
in
newspaper
Prothono-tary
may is-sue
writ for
a Sheriff's
Jury
In case of
refusal to
accept as-sessed
dam-ages
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 89
ORGANIZED MILITIA OF DELAWARE.
Section 5. Provided that the moneys appropriated in Proviso
this Act shall not be available to carry out the purposes of
this Act, unless approved by the Governor, State Auditor
and State Treasurer, the said named three State Officers Report of
or a majority of them, shall file with the State Treasurer a 'ZIff:kr in
statement in writing approving the expenditure of the mime%
be
moneys named in this Act, stating that in their judgment
there are sufficient funds available for the purpose, and
until such statement is filed the State Treasurer shall not
pay out any moneys.
Approved March 16, A. D. 1915.
Section 1. The Armory Commission, consisting of the
Governor, the State Treasurer, the Adjutant General,
Quartermaster General and the Commanding Officer of
Troops, be, and it is hereby authorized and directed to fur-nish,
equip, and to pay all other expenses incurred in the
establishment of, the State Armory at Newark.
Section 2. That the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars, or
so much thereof as may be necessary to carry into effect
the provisions of this Act, is hereby appropriated out of the
State Treasury, to be paid by the State Treasurer upon war-rant
drawn by the said Armory Commission.
Approved March 16, A. D. 1915.
90 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
ORGANIZED MILITIA OF DELAWARE.
CHAPTER 27.
ORGANIZED MILITIA OF DELAWARE.
AN ACT to provide for furnishing, and to pay all other expenses In
the establishment of, the State Armory at Newark.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Armory
'ommission
Authorized
to pay
equipment
expensea of
State Ar-mory,
at
Newark
Sum appro-priated
TITLE FIVE
Legislation
CHAPTER 28.
THE PASSING, PUBLICATION AND DISPOSAL OF LAWS AND
JOURNALS.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 10 of the Revised Code of the State of
Delaware, by providing a Method for correcting Clerical Errors In
Bills which have passed both Branches of the General Assembly
and before their approval by the Governor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
That Chapter 10 of the Revised Code of the State of Dela- lillieripiteZi odf
ware be, and the same is, hereby amended by the insertion aCmo d)1 cleci e therein of the following sections to be styled 366A, Section
lA ; 366B, Section 1B.
366A, Section 1A. Whenever any Bill, Concurrent or VItged after- Joint Resolution shall have passed both Branches of the ggITTlay
General Assembly and shall have been delivered to the Sec-rctirreCed
retary of State for his certification and before approval lion
favorable byig by the Governor it is discovered that such Bill, Concurrent action
or Joint Resolution contains clerical errors or misspelled
words, or in the event that a Bill is an amendment to the
Revised Code, that the Code Number and Section Number
of the said Bill is wrong, such Bill, Concurrent or Joint
92 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
THE PASSING, PUBLICATION AND DISPOSAL OF LAWS AND
JOURNALS.
Resolution may be returned to the House in which it origi-nated
for correction in matters of clerical errors, mis-spelled
words or wrong Code and Section numbers, upon a
Resolution originating in the Branch of the General As-sembly
in which said Bill, Concurrent or Joint Resolution
was introduced, said Resolution being concurred in by the
other Branch of the General Assembly.
366B, Section 1B. Whenever a Resolution has passed
both Branches of the General Assembly requesting the re-turn
of a Bill, Concurrent or Joint Resolution as specified
in the preceding paragraph it shall be the duty of the Clerk
of the House in which said Bill, Concurrent or Joint Reso-lution
originated to have the clerical errors, misspelled
words or correction of Code and Section numbers made,
and certify the fact on his Journal. The said Bill, Concur-rent
or Joint Resolution shall then be messaged to the other
Branch of the General Assembly, in which Branch the Sec-retary
shall read the corrections as made in the corrected
Bill, Concurrent or Joint Resolution, and the fact that such
corrections have been made shall be entered in the Journal.
Approved February 9, A. D. 1915.
Duty of
proper clerk
Further ac-tion
on sant
bill
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 93
THE PASSING, PUBLICATION AND DISPOSAL OF LAWS AND
JOURNALS.
CHAPTER 29.
THE PASSING, PUBLICATION AND DISPOSAL OF LAWS AND
JOURNALS.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 10 of the Revised Code of the State of
Delaware by Abolishing the Office of Document Clerk.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That Chapter 10 of the Revised Code of the 367. Sec. 2,
State of Delaware be, and the same is, hereby amended by FitapitelvLeodf
repealing 367, Section 2 thereof. aCmodeen ded
Approved March 15, A. D. 1915.
94 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
THE PASSING, PUBLICATION AND DISPOSAL OF LAW 4 AND
JOURNALS.
CHAPTER 30.
THE PASSING, PUBLICATION AND DISPOSAL OF LAWS AND
JOURNALS.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter

LAWS
OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE
PASSED AT A
Special Session of the
Ninety- fourth General Assembly
COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER
On Monday, September 28th, A. D. 1914
AND
IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES
THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY- NINTH
VOLUME XXVIII- PART I
CHAS. L. STORY, PRINTER
WILMINGTON, DEL.
1915